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...
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...
Photo is of schoolgirls at Nandrema School with their pads Our sanitary pad project is a huge success. Friends of Buburi has now delivered 185 packs of washable, reusable sanitary pads to schoolgirls in Buburi and they have been having a huge impact on the lives of...
Vincent, our laboratory technician The 21st August 2018 marks a very significant moment in Buburi’s history. On this day NHIF (National Hospital Insurance Fund) accreditation was awarded to the clinic. This is Kenya’s equivalent of our NHS but works in a very...
Charlize is one month old. She was having breathing and feeding difficulties and was brought quickly to the clinic by her mother Eunice and grandmother. Fortunately she was immediately seen by the Clinical Officer who diagnosed pneumonia. Pneumonia is the second...
Vaccination is fundamental in providing a comprehensive health service and in the past there were many preventable deaths due to a lack of such programmes. One of the reasons that families were large in rural Kenya was because it was expected that not all children...
