Category: Health
Health ’09 Volunteers meet the Kamasian communities
The Health ’09 volunteer team has begun its work in the Kamasian Division of the Kipkelion District. This is the first time that FOL has based a volunteer team here. The team arrived on Monday to an overwhelming welcome from the local communities, school children and community leaders. It was amazing, and made us feel […]
Read MoreFriends of Londiani focus groups
FOL is delighted to announce the formation of focus groups in the areas of health, water, education, finance and marketing. This follows as a result of the organisational development process that FOL has undergone through funding from Irish Aid. The Health Focus Group will assist FOL in facilitating the partnership link between Mayo General Hospital and Londiani […]
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17 nationalities visit Londiani
Friends of Londiani through a unique partnership project with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) enabled 21 volunteers from 17 countries to travel to Londiani for 1 week and work on community development projects there. Volunteers met in Nairobi, travelled to Naivasha for a team briefing before arriving in Londiani on Monday 17th […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Team two – Londiani
The second week of the project is nearly over and the group are settling into the Kenya lifestyle. Everyone is pleased to see a bit of rain finally coming so it’s all hands on deck to collect it when it falls from the roof! Freddie, Jenny, Jayne and Michelle are busy giving a five day […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Week two in Londiani
A full Peer ED course was started with a class of 13 from Kahurura which was over seen by Eva, Fiona, Rachel and local Wilson. The Water Tanks Project started out in Kahurura in the first week continued with 8 holes been dug and completed. The first layer of hardcore and concrete has been poured […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Week one in Benditai
The team arrived in Benditai on Monday 22nd July and quickly settled into life on the campsite. A lack of running water or electricity did not present a problem to the eager volunteers who rapidly got to work on the project tasks. They have been working hard all week on water tanks, HECA clubs and […]
Read MoreHarambee 2009 – Week one in Londiani
A Peer Education course for 40 people began on Tuesday The Water Tanks Project started out in Kahurura with the surveys, to select the most suitable locations for the water tanks. And the digging started… Towards the end of the week, training and planning days were held for the Health surveys. At the same time […]
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Friends of Londiani delivers ambulance to Londiani District Hospital
Friends of Londiani in partnership with Irish Aid funded and delivered an ambulance to Londiani District Hospital on 26th February 2009. Londiani District Hospital services the Kipkelion District of 206,000 people, and has no ambulance of its own. It is hoped that this ambulance will make a huge difference to the health of the people […]
Read MoreEssential Obstetric Care Course
The reduction of maternal mortality continues to be a worldwide priority in the alleviation of poverty. (Millennium Development Goals, WHO, Government of Kenya, Irish Government) Many effective programmes have been introduced in South-East Asia and Central and South America. Sub-Saharan Africa continues to struggle with a very high maternal death rate – in some areas […]
Read MoreKenyan medical exchange
As part of the partnership between Friends of Londiani, Ndubusat Bethel Medical Clinic and Irish Aid, FOL were delighted to welcome two employees from the clinic to Ireland on a month long medical exchange in April 2008. Ben Cheruiyotis a Laboratory Technician in the clinic and Stephen Cheruiyotis the nurse-in-charge. While here, they worked in: […]
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