Charlotte is three years old and was in nursery school when she fell ill and was brought home by other children to her mother Ivyne. She had a fever, convulsions and was vomiting. Her mum started to treat her at home for Malaria but quickly realised that she needed to...
Daniel is 10 months old and had been ill with a fever and vomiting for three days before his mum Susan brought him to the clinic. She had been trying to treat him with malaria medication at home but he wasn’t improving and so they came to Buburi. This was the third...
We’ve been completely overwhelmed by the amazing results of our sanitary pad project. Here’s what a Headteacher told us: Absenteeism is down by 40% across the school. It’s a co-ed school, and this figure is due to girls not missing school when they have a...
Petronella was in labour and was brought to the clinic at 1am by Florence, one of our experienced Community Health Volunteers. They both live in the same community and so Florence knew that it was vital that Petronella got to the clinic as soon as possible. Although...
Photo of Anne with clinic staff, Eunice, Elijah, Vincent and Edward ‘For every person diagnosed with diabetes in Kenya, two are walking with it’* In June, Anne Wynne, a nurse with a wealth of experience in the diagnosis and management of diabetes, accompanied Sallie...
