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Update 30
Delivering hope to Kenya
KENYA (photos)
Can you imagine spending a few nights in hospital on a bed without sheets? Or
sharing that sheetless bed with another patient? Or having your newborn baby
laid down for a nap in a crib made of raw chicken wire?!
Last week Crossroads packed a container destined for a small rural hospital in
south Kenya. The facilities at this hospital are so meagre that they even clean,
dry, powder and reuse their plastic disposable surgical gloves. They can't
afford to throw them out! The patients do their own laundry with a tiny bucket
on the concrete patio and water for the IV drips is drawn from a bore well,
boiled and distributed.
But, this hospital is an oasis of hope in the dry bushland for 500km around.
People walk, or are carried, for days to receive treatment because there is
simply nowhere else for them, which won't charge them impossible fees.
Adelaide interviewed a lady this week who had visited this hospital in 2001. She
told some amazing stories and took some photos of the patients she met. Take the
time to have a look at a few photos we put together, which show you what life is
like in this little hospital. We've also included pictures of the loading of the
container they will soon receive from Crossroads, packed with all kinds of
treasures.
To see the pictures, go here:
http://www.matt-ad.com/photos/kenya_mutomo/index.htm
VISIT to OZ
We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Australia when we come home for
three weeks in November. We'll be in Sydney from 11th November to the beginning
of December, leaving just after Katy Hanbury and Nick White's wedding. We hope
to catch up with as many people as possible before we return to Hong Kong!
BABY BIRD
The latest exciting news from chez Gow is that our 2 birds have had a baby! It
hatched a week or so ago and is growing rapidly, on a special diet provided by
us and regurgitated by the parents. Yum. We don't know if it's a boy or girl
yet, the beak colour, which indicates gender, doesn't come in for another few
weeks. Right now 'it' looks a bit like a cross between a bald scaly reptile and
a black cicada. But hey, it's ours. We will send some pictures when it looks
cuter and fluffier.
Can you imagine spending a few nights in hospital on a bed without sheets? Or
sharing that sheetless bed with another patient? Or having your newborn baby
laid down for a nap in a crib made of raw chicken wire?!
Last week Crossroads packed a container destined for a small rural hospital in
south Kenya. The facilities at this hospital are so meagre that they even clean,
dry, powder and reuse their plastic disposable surgical gloves. They can't
afford to throw them out! The patients do their own laundry with a tiny bucket
on the concrete patio and water for the IV drips is drawn from a bore well,
boiled and distributed.
But, this hospital is an oasis of hope in the dry bushland for 500km around.
People walk, or are carried, for days to receive treatment because there is
simply nowhere else for them, which won't charge them impossible fees.
Adelaide interviewed a lady this week who had visited this hospital in 2001. She
told some amazing stories and took some photos of the patients she met. Take the
time to have a look at a few photos we put together, which show you what life is
like in this little hospital. We've also included pictures of the loading of the
container they will soon receive from Crossroads, packed with all kinds of
treasures.
To see the pictures, go here:
http://www.matt-ad.com/photos/kenya_mutomo/index.htm
VISIT to OZ
We are looking forward to seeing everyone in Australia when we come home for
three weeks in November. We'll be in Sydney from 11th November to the beginning
of December, leaving just after Katy Hanbury and Nick White's wedding. We hope
to catch up with as many people as possible before we return to Hong Kong!
BABY BIRD
The latest exciting news from chez Gow is that our 2 birds have had a baby! It
hatched a week or so ago and is growing rapidly, on a special diet provided by
us and regurgitated by the parents. Yum. We don't know if it's a boy or girl
yet, the beak colour, which indicates gender, doesn't come in for another few
weeks. Right now 'it' looks a bit like a cross between a bald scaly reptile and
a black cicada. But hey, it's ours. We will send some pictures when it looks
cuter and fluffier.