Eventful Trustees visit to clinic
Trustees Noreen and Sallie returned from Buburi last week after an eventful trip. The clinic continues to go from strength to strength and this is recognised by The Public Health Department. The new Public Health Officer, Winifred Mulamba, paid a visit to the clinic, and said she was impressed by the amount of patients that were being seen and treated. Her visit coincided with an initiative to undertake cervical cancer screening in the area. She was pleased that there are imminent plans to open a small laboratory on site. This is a service that the community have requested for some time as it will save patients having to be referred elsewhere for further tests, which often means a long walk which is stressful when feeling ill.
The midwife, Joyce, has started seeing ante-natal patients and word is getting around about the service and also the baby bags are proving a draw to encourage mothers to attend 4 ante natal appointments.
Posted in Kenyan Public Health, UK team visit, Uncategorized | Leave a commentFinal preparations are under way for the next trip to Buburi, Western Kenya.
Sallie and Noreen will be travelling to the clinic again on Sunday 7th April and will spend three weeks supporting the Nursing staff and Community Health Workers in their vital work. They will be stocking the ante natal clinic with … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | 1 CommentMalaria Testing Kits
The clinic is particularly busy at the moment, the nurses are seeing in excess of 50 patients a day and they have had a problem acquiring reliable malaria testing kits. However due to the success of our recent fundraising efforts … Continue reading
Posted in Fundraising, Kenyan Nursing Team, Malaria | Leave a commentSuccessful fundraising quiz
Fundraising Quiz Evening A fantastic fun evening was kindly hosted by Lesley and Tony in the Sun Inn, Hulverstone on 26th January. Wonderful tasty Kenyan curries were on the menu with the added bonus of boosting funds! Our very able … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water, Fundraising | 1 CommentFantastic Concert
On Saturday evening Puertas Quartet delighted the audience with a programme including, Mozart, Ravel and Tchaikovsky. Their playing was sublime and very moving. The Quartet very kindly donated all the profits to Friends of Buburi and with a raffle and … Continue reading
Posted in Clean Water, Fundraising | Leave a commentPuertas Quartet Play in Topsham for Buburi – 19th Jan 2013
If you’ve a passion for Mozart, Ravel or Tchaikovsky, then come along to St Margaret’s Church in Topsham at 7.30pm to see one of the country’s most talented string quartets play a programme of beautiful music. Puertas Quartet are led … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a commentNews: Exciting new developments for clinic
Friends of Buburi trustee Noreen Collins has recently returned from her three week trip to the clinic and shares with us some exciting new developments: ‘Electricity has finally been installed at the clinic which is a great step for us. Not only … Continue reading
Posted in Buburi Clinic Development, Clean Water, Kenyan Nursing Team, Noreen Visits, UK team visit, Volunteers | Leave a commentNews: Trustee Noreen prepares for clinic visit
Trustee Noreen Collins is making final preparations for her visit to the Buburi clinic and as always is anticipating an action-packed couple of weeks. She tells us what is in store: ‘Following a very successful few weeks of fundraising we … Continue reading
Posted in Buburi Clinic Development, Kenyan Nursing Team, Noreen Visits, UK team visit, Volunteers | Leave a commentNews: Founder makes annual visit to clinic
As Friends of Buburi founder, Joanna Hanks, returns from her 9th visit to the Buburi Health Clinic, she reflects on her time there: ‘It is always a boost to visit the clinic and I look forward to visiting every year; … Continue reading
Posted in Buburi Clinic Development, Jo visits, UK team visit | 1 CommentNews: Buburi Clinic welcomes midwife Joyce to the team
In rural communities like Buburi, the majority of women give birth at home and are often uninformed about the importance of antenatal check-ups and having a trained midwife present during the birth. This significantly increases the risk of either the … Continue reading
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