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'It is terrible' - Makueni's drought close to crisis point
By Peter Ofware, posted 04 October 2011 see more by this blogger
George Kimathi is part of the Drought Response Initiative Team based in Makueni, Kenya. He is the Project Manager of AMREF’s Maternal Newborn and Child Health programme. Makueni is divided into two parts – the upper part is wetter,... Keep reading
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Water is life. Turkana has run out.
By Lisa Meadowcroft, posted 04 October 2011 see more by this blogger
Lisa Meadowcroft is AMREF USA’s Executive Director. She visited AMREF’s projects in the rural region of Turkana in Kenya that have been suffering at the hands of the severe drought that the region has faced this year. The air... Keep reading
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Desperate, hungry and neglected - situation in Turkana
By George Kimathi, posted 04 October 2011 see more by this blogger
AMREF Kenya's Project Manager for Child and Reproductive Health, Peter Ofware, updates us on the situation in the rural Turkana region he has visited. People are desperate. We are hearing reports of babies suckling from dead mothers. The drought... Keep reading
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Helping to shed light on HIV in Tanzania
By Anatory Didi , posted 03 October 2011 see more by this blogger
Anatory Didi is a Project Manager on AMREF Tanzania's Angaza Zaidi programme. September 2011 marked my tenth year working with AMREF – and what a ten years it has been! I started out as a counsellor in September 2001,... Keep reading
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A tight knot
By Rebecca Stagg, posted 19 September 2011 see more by this blogger
AMREF started its operations as a Flying Doctor’s Service in 1957 – flying into remote areas to deliver specialized medical services and skilled medical workers. Though I had written and edited so much about AMREF’s flying doctors as part... Keep reading