Travels in Uganda A Journey to the Human Spirit Presented by Kay Kobbe Supported by Kids for World Health And the Sandpiper Fund, Inc.
Africa…
We are born to different parts of the world, each of us with a life to live
What is it that we do share?
Children discover an injustice and lend voices to Truth
KFWH educates others about neglected diseases
Dr. Jean Jannin provides treatment to a sleeping sickness patient in Bodo, Chad
Murray Avenue KFWH Chapter sponsors a “Water Walk” to understand what it is like to carry 20 lbs. of water for one mile! KFWH speaks about its mission to the International Scientific Council on Trypanosomiasis in Uganda
The most powerful part of the journey was finding the Human Spirit…
Kids for World Health Pediatric Clinic in Lwala, Uganda
Village Life Remember me…
There are real people with stories as important as ours to share
KFWH builds “Hope, Progress, and a Feeling of not being forgotten”
To accept the setting was not enough at first to accommodate the shock of extreme poverty
Lwala Hospital
A church stands tall in the center of the compound…. providing nourishment and community
Sister Sam with her journal offers her stories
Catherine Adyango, Hospital Administrator
Lwala’s doctor Andrew Edelieu A Hospital Ward
Operating Table Scrub Sink
Ether machine Operating Equipment “ Diagnosis can be a matter of coincidence”
Lab technicians at work with one outdated microscope
Arriving at the hospital with a sick family member from miles away
Fourth stage Sleeping Sickness patient is being treated with Melarsoprol, a mixture of arsenic and anti-freeze 18% do not survive this form of treatment
Patient recovering from surgery without adequate pain medication
Children are suffering with Malaria
More than anything, Anna wishes to live long enough to raise her eight children.. Life expectancy averages 39 1/2.
“I only see life as having been difficult”-Maria Agaro
“Sister” Betty.. Director of Nursing in Lwala
Children were taken in the middle of the night to fight as child soldiers
What is Joy?
What is fear?
What gives Hope?
What inspires?
“I wish to raise the level of my Life.” Student nurses at the hospital..
Seniors imagine an educated life with meat to eat and shoes to wear
Students sweeping the dirt in the compound
Girls weeding and digging for tubers
We are the same at the core
Millet and beans for lunch and dinner plus days of the year
Living in a thatched -roof hut….
Squatting in a hole, shared by the community…
Cooking over open fires… all gave opportunity to experience more direct empathy
A mother’s pride…a common theme that identifies us as humans.
What is our responsibility as partners in humanity?
What can we imagine for all the world’s people?
Imagine….
“Life is important for all people, rich or poor.” Kids for World Health