Amina Gakii Nyaga is a 34 yrs old lady from Tharaka Nithi County. Amina is a housewife, she has 3 children. After completion of her Form 1 education, she got pregnant and got married at a tender age. Her life over the years was good with the support of her then deceased parent in law. …Read More
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‘I was told cold air must have entered my birth canal during childbirth’
Jennifer Chepchirchir aged 26yrs hails from Sihendo Village, Trans Nzoia County. For Jennifer, the idea of being pregnant at the tender age of 17 years was not something that she ever anticipated. Being the First born in her family and from her community getting education as a girl child was a privilege. While still in …Read More
‘I devised a mechanism for coping with my condition’
In the year 2004, Margaret a farmer from Mweiga, Nyeri County had great joy and was excited to bring a life into the world, her first born. She had carried her pregnancy to term, a smooth pregnancy it was, as she recalls. So when she began experiencing labour pains, her husband Simon checked her into …Read More
“I feel new Again, For Decades, I lived a miserable life”
For 44 years, Mary Amos, 60 year old from Kitui County has lived a miserable life, full of suffering and loneliness. She was raised in a family that never valued the girl child education. At the age of 14 years, Mary got married. Her parents were happy to receive dowry. At that tender age, she …Read More
‘I used cotton wool and pads to avoid messing myself’
Christine now 26 years from Homa Bay County was only in form two when I fell pregnant. I was ashamed of myself and being the firstborn in my family, I did not want people to know especially my parents. I felt that I had let everyone down but I could not abort the pregnancy no …Read More
“I labored for 13 hours without help”
Mercy 35 years comes from Eldoret County; all was well for Mercy until she gave birth to her last born child. Laboring for 13 hours before getting help since she was all alone in the house as her drunkard husband was away. When she got to the hospital, she gave birth to a baby girl …Read More
BROKEN VESSEL
BROKEN VESSEL By Lesley C. A friend will ask, how are you? Often we reply, am OK. But inside we’re not fine at all. We are all created as beautiful vessels. But sometimes the vessels break. We break, emotional, spiritually or physically. Others can be mended, others take long and others suffer silently alone …Read More
Rotary Club of Essendon Visit – September 2013
On the 19th of September 2013, visiting members of the Rotary Club of Essendon, Australia toured the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), where the Flying Doctors Society of Africa (FDSA) had a team of doctors carrying out Fistula repairs on women from across the country. The team presented a cheque of KShs. 11 million to the …Read More
Movie Night Fundraiser
FDSA and OWIT joined forces to set up a Movie Night to raise funds to help fight Fistula in Kenya. This is done by funding a Medical Outreach programme that identifies gaps in health care systems and develops methods and intervention to support hospitals through pre-planned visits by specialists, who provide expert advice, services and training of professional health workers. …Read More
While you Plan for your Trip, Plan for the Unexpected as Well!
It’s Christmas season once again and even though the weather has been playing tricks on us lately, I believe that the heat will soon creep back in to our bones hence cease all the nesting and cocooning business there is. So many activities take place during Christmas, ranging from church to social outdoor events. More …Read More