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kwankew
Nov 22, 2011
Kokar
As it has been always the case we have never followed our schedule. Today we were supposed to go to Damajale but instead we drove the...
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kwankew
Nov 21, 2011
The Tent under the Acacia Tree- The Clinic in Hamey
Hamey is a community about 45 minutes from Damajale. We were supposed to head to Liboi but because there is no sanitation project there...
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kwankew
Nov 19, 2011
Damajale
This morning we heard from security that we would not be going to Dhobley because of some administrative issues instead we would visit...
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kwankew
Nov 18, 2011
The Downpour, the Village Chief and Friday
Last evening I could see the stars though not very plentiful because of the lighting. The generator went off around half past ten and...
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kwankew
Nov 17, 2011
Dadaab
This morning we were picked up at 5:45 am at the ACK Guesthouse to Wilson Airport. It rained last night and the sky still carried ominous...
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kwankew
Nov 16, 2011
Nairobi, Kenya
I arrived in Nairobi, Kenya yesterday from Morocco having spent two weeks there traveling and visiting Medinas in Casablanca, Rabat,...
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kwankew
Oct 11, 2011
Salaam to Libya
The people of Libya are very friendly and welcome foreigners with open arms. Theirs had been a closed society and under the long...
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kwankew
Oct 6, 2011
Kararim and Bloody Friday
A few days ago a group of military police moved into the same building that we held clinic in Twarga. All morning the police carrying...
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kwankew
Oct 5, 2011
Sirte Gate 30 the Polyclinic
Desiring to explore another area of Misurata, I decided to run east of where we live. Destruction was much less here but there were...
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kwankew
Oct 3, 2011
Sirte-The Field Hospital and Clinic at Gaddafi’s Beach Resort
This morning we drove for about two hours through flat, monotonous, arid landscape to the Field Hospital and Clinic in the beach resort...
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kwankew
Sep 30, 2011
The Twarga Clinic for the IDPs
Despite the fact that we were told medications were ready for us to start the mobile clinic for the IDPs in Twarga, we did not find them....
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kwankew
Sep 29, 2011
From Al Zintan to Misurata
In Al Zintan the new part of the hospital is still under construction. Most of the hospitals had their names taken off from the front...
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kwankew
Sep 23, 2011
Nafusa Mountains
This morning I saw the crescent moon through the window hanging just above the minaret of a mosque, a gentle cool breeze blew softly. A...
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kwankew
Sep 22, 2011
From Malta to Tripoli
Saying my farewell in the wee hours of the morning to lovely Malta, we boarded the UNHAS (UN Humanitarian Air Service) plane with 50 or...
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kwankew
Jul 18, 2011
Farewell to Nakivale: Maniriho (God is With You)
Sadly my stay here is quickly coming to an end. I will miss the refugees, the staff, the clinic, my early misty morning run and my...
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kwankew
Jul 17, 2011
The Staff of Kibengo Health Center II
Joy my Congolese translator traveled for three days to the border of Uganda to escape the war carrying whatever he could. He was perhaps...
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kwankew
Jul 17, 2011
A Walk into the Village of the Refugee Settlement
Curious about the way the refugee live, I tried to explore the village on my own. The refugees make use of the land by growing a variety...
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kwankew
Jul 11, 2011
The In-Patient Unit: Malaria and More Malaria
In the Kibengo Health clinic II, there is a make-shift in-patient unit for patients who need short-term hospitalization and who are not...
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kwankew
Jul 5, 2011
Faces of the Refugees and the Uganda Nationals
One’s first impression upon arrival at the Nakivale Refugee Camp is that it is swarming with children, many wearing clothes as brown as...
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kwankew
Jun 28, 2011
Back to Uganda
Medical Teams International (MTI) (http://www.medicalteams.org) called for volunteers to serve in their clinic at the Nakivale Refugee...
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