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Bunagana and the DRC
We drove to the border town of Bunagan, Uganda about 10 Km away to pay a short visit to the rebel-controlled region of Bunagana of the...
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Sep 7, 2012
The Baby on the Back
Women always seem to carry their babies on their backs whenever they work, tilling the fields, selling or buying in the market,...
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Sep 5, 2012
A Quiet Day at the Clinic After the Departure of Another Convoy
Today being Thursday another convoy of seven buses carrying about 500 refugees to Rwangmangi Camp. The boarding seemed to go quite...
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Sep 4, 2012
The Plight of the Pregnant Women
Overnight many more refugees arrived, some estimates put the number at around five hundred. They slept in communal tents or wherever...
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Sep 3, 2012
The Flight from the DRC to Uganda
Fearing for their lives and those of their children, many refugees fled with only the clothes on their back. This eighteen-year-old woman...
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Sep 3, 2012
Malaria, Elephantiasis and Traditional Medicine
Last week I saw my first case of malaria. Kisoro is over 6000 feet above sea level and it is quite chilly at night and in the morning. ...
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Aug 30, 2012
A Newborn in the Transit Camp
No one seems to be able to tell us how many refugees are now in the transit camp. In the morning there are a few stragglers coming to be...
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Aug 29, 2012
The Convoy
Thursday mornings are for the convoy to take the DRC refugees to Rwamwanja resettlement camp, an eight-hour journey with a lunch stop at...
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Aug 28, 2012
The Refugees
In the afternoon, the kitchen crews in the camp are busy cooking. The children follow me around the camp site as I walk around curious...
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Aug 27, 2012
The Nyakabande Health Center
The Nyakabande Health Center set up by Medical Teams International is just minutes away from the transit center and this is where the...
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Aug 26, 2012
The Nyakabande Transit Center for DRC Refugees
After about 24 hours of flight and lay-over and another 10 hours of bumpy overland travel we finally arrived at Kisoro, Uganda situated...
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Dec 1, 2011
From Dadaab to Nairobi
Today is World's AIDS Day. Let us not forget the sufferers of HIV/AIDS especially those in the developing world. Last night there was a...
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Nov 30, 2011
The Last Helicopter Ride
Kokar was to be my last destination as it was determined last night but this morning when the Chief came with his councilor the fourth...
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Nov 29, 2011
Back to Hamey
We are now down to two people and two possible places to go for medical relief with the third possible place being Kokar. Because at the...
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Nov 26, 2011
The Illusive Dhobley of Somalia and the Old Man who walked with his Camels
Dhobley is one of the communities that World Concern is involved in the distribution of food vouchers for about 1800 families twice a...
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Nov 25, 2011
The Human GPS
Yesterday we were supposed to go to Hamey but ended up in Damajale, apparently the coordinates given to the pilot by logistics were...
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Nov 24, 2011
The Blessed Helicopter on Thanksgiving Day in Dadaab
Happy Thanksgiving from Dadaab. Today we were to board the helicopter to go to Hamey, a village that took us about three and half hours...
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Nov 23, 2011
A Visit to the Dadaab District Hospital
The helicopter did come but we were not the chosen ones to fly to Liboi to do a clinic instead the helicopter took some of World Concerns...
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