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<p class=MsoNormal><a name=1></a><a
href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/eFlash_Rotary/message/1550;_ylc=X3oDMTJxOGZvOWUwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzI3ODYwNzYEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDY0MDg2BG1zZ0lkAzE1NTAEc2VjA2Rtc2cEc2xrA3Ztc2cEc3RpbWUDMTIzMjE0MDE0MQ--"
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style='font-weight:bold'>1630: Medical mission provides care for Kenyan
children </span></b></a><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Medical
mission provides care for Kenyan children By Ryan Hyland<br>
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</a>] Bob Elser, a physician and a member of the Rotary Club of York-East,<br>
Pennsylvania, USA, spends time with children during a medical mission in<br>
Nairobi, Kenya, in September. Photo courtesy of Connie Spark. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>During
a massive Rotary club-sponsored medical mission in September, a<br>
team of 70 volunteers from 11 countries provided preventive health care<br>
to more than 10,000 children in the poorest communities of Nairobi,<br>
Kenya.<br>
<br>
The medical team, including health care professionals and nonmedical<br>
volunteers, screened patients to determine their most urgent needs<br>
before sending them to specialty stations set up to provide dental care,<br>
eye care, nutrition counseling, and treatment of infections.<br>
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"I'm blessed to have had the opportunity to be a part of this mission<br>
and share my skills and knowledge in a way that may improve the lives of<br>
the children," says Joseph Rebman, an optometrist from the Rotary Club<br>
of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania, USA. "In the midst of such astonishing<br>
poverty, the children were generous in their smiles and waves."<br>
<br>
The medical mission, the 10th of its kind and the first in Kenya,<br>
focused on the health needs of children living in the slums of Mukuru,<br>
Mathare, and Korogocho outside Nairobi, where the poverty rate is high<br>
and preventive medical care is lacking.<br>
<br>
The international team was hosted by the Rotary Club of Nairobi North,<br>
many of them members of Rotarians for Fighting AIDS, a Rotarian Action<br>
Group. The RFFA was one of several mobilizing partners, along with Hope<br>
Worldwide <<a href="http://www.hopeww.org/" title="http://www.hopeww.org/">http://www.hopeww.org/</a>>
, AmericaShare<br>
<<a href="http://www.americashare.org/" title="http://www.americashare.org/">http://www.americashare.org/</a>>
(the charitable arm of Micato Safaris),<br>
and the Coca-Cola Africa Foundation<br>
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In cooperation with RFFA, Hope Worldwide offered HIV testing and<br>
counseling during the mission.<br>
Changing lives<br>
The medical team treated as many as 3,000 children a day. Co-team leader<br>
Connie Spark, governor-elect of District 7390 (Pennsylvania), said the<br>
communities benefit from better hygiene, disease prevention, and<br>
education.<br>
<br>
"Hundreds of happy-faced children lined the path, waving and chanting<br>
happy goodbyes as we left the Mukuru camp on the last day," says Spark.<br>
"That was quite a difference from the stares and solemn faces we passed<br>
on the first day. This international team changed many lives with their<br>
medical assistance."<br>
<br>
The team had to turn away hundreds of people, mostly adults, says<br>
Patricia Santos, a nurse and a member of the Rotary Club of<br>
Americana-Carioba, São Paulo, Brazil.<br>
<br>
"It was difficult to only focus on children with so many adults needing<br>
care as well," says Santos. "But what we did accomplish will go a
long<br>
way. Providing health education will produce long-term benefits."<br>
<br>
Santos said this was her fourth medical mission with Rotary. Her father,<br>
Waldir, a Rotarian and past district governor, joined her in Nairobi.<br>
<br>
"After these medical missions, I become a better and stronger
Rotarian,"<br>
says Santos. "I understand more about what Rotary is all about. Anyone<br>
who goes through something like this will have a clearer vision of why<br>
they are Rotarians."<br>
<br>
Local physicians and other Kenyan health care professionals took part to<br>
ensure that patients would continue to receive care after the mission<br>
concluded.<br>
<br>
The mission was supported by contributions totaling US$38,000, including<br>
a $16,000 Matching Grant from The Rotary Foundation. Clubs in<br>
Pennsylvania and Georgia, USA, and Kenya also contributed funds.<br>
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