Kenya 2024
In July, 2024, we spent 2 weeks working and teaching at Friends Lugulu Mission Hospital located about 2 hours north of Kisumu in western Kenya. We also visited 3 national parks: Nairobi national park, Mount Elgon National Park, and the Kakamega rain forest.
Front gate of the hospital
guest house at FLMH
The only paved road in Lugulu was the main road through town. This is the road behind the hospital.
Teaching CPR and airway management to nurses and clinical officers
Gathering firewood was a common activity for both children and adults.
Herding livestock along the main road in Lugulu
a carpenter's shop on the main road in Lugulu
shops along the main road in Lugulu
school children in Lugulu
a typical road in Bungoma County
listening to a sermon at a Quaker church
Choir at a Friends meeting (quaker church service)
vegetables for sale on the main road in Lugulu
Banana seller at the Lugulu Market
Students at Webuye Medical Training College, a school that trains nurses and clinical officers
Dr. David and Dr. Ivy, medical officers at FLMH
a nurse performing a fetal stethescope exam prior to beginning a c-section
David and Jona, twins delivered by C-section with surgical instruments donated by Americares
A patient on the pediatric ward
morning rounds on the pediatric ward conducted by clinical officer (left) and medical officer (right)
the only theatre (operating room) at FLMH
families and patients gather outside the pediatric ward after morning rounds
premature infant being fed breast milk
linen from operating room drying after hand washing and before sterilization in autoclave for re-use
pediatric ward
caskets and burial clothing for sale near the hospital's mortuary
resident ibis at guest house
Olive Baboons at Mount Elgon
Elkony Waterfall at Mount Elgon National Park
Kitum Cave in Mount Elgon National Park in western Kenya. The main chamber is 160 meters long and 100 meters wide and is famous for the elephants that enter deep into the cave in total darkness to extract minerals
elephant skull in Kitum Cave. this elephant is said to have died when it became trapped in the rock formations.
patterns on the cave ceiling carved by elephants who enter the cave at night
mineral deposits on the ceiling of the cave
School children at the mouth of Kitum Cave
African Blue Flycatcher
Great Blue Turaco
Great Blue Turaco
Red Headed bluebill
Ross's Turaco
Black and white casqued hornbill
Black and white casqued hornbill
Immature African Crowned Eagle