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Crazy Kampala Chaos: Part 2

A travel blog entry by ambercatherine

... other times I had been there. Not just because of all the new flags adorning the lampposts, but because it was incredibly quiet! The usual hustle and bustle of people and vehicles were conspicuously absent. And in their place, I could see what a pretty city Kampala actually is. I had somehow previously not noticed all the parks, and patches of grass lining the streets, as well as the many trees in which those scary marabou storks lived. Having previously vowed never ...

Mulago NICU

A travel blog entry by jlabbe

... had passed as well. Their mothers were also not present. The one from the morning was still there. Four babies and it was only two pm. I am honestly not sure what the point of today was beyond observing suffering and the silence that follows death when no one is there provide dignity and care to those gone. There is no further counseling for families after their loss. To send nurses who work in a top notch NICU in to observe only seems cruel. If I was supposed to go home with ...

A mother's reality

A travel blog entry by jenc_canada

... grateful to be traveling with an amazing group of nurses!!! Gail offered and instructed to woman to take her child to the Wentz Medical Center and that she would cover the costs and the mother was very grateful...I am telling you this woman (Gail) is something else!

It is situations like this that are all too common here. This little boy was one of the lucky ones but there are so many that are not. Children (and ...

The World We Live In

A travel blog entry by saundersfamily

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