Sometimes you will give your legs pep talks. Sometimes you will cuss at them. When you roll your ankle really bad and want to cry you realize you probably shouldn’t because you’ll lose hydration. Sometimes you’ll try and hydrate more JUST so you can squat to pee/ take a break (sorry Coral). You will go…
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When do you become a woman? #internationalwomensday
Our culture often ignores a significant event in a young girl’s life: when that girl becomes a woman. Some cultures have a ceremony, rather than simple happenstance, to usher in the change. But for me, no one and no culture ever recognized when I became a woman. During my 20’s, with all their substantial bumps…
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Growing the Community Health Worker Force
I think a lot of people intuitively believe that training Community Health Workers is a good thing to do. Why not train (usually) women to provide basic health promotion and care to their communities, especially when those communities are rural and have poor access to health care? It makes sense. And the model is being…
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Kekeli Teaching
Kekeli ‘old’ and Kekeli ‘new’ met on May 24th for some continuing education and encouragement. They met together under the mango tree near the Sefe Clinic. Below are some photos of their meeting, along with photos from the community education session led by Comfort, who taught to over 3,000 community members. Notice the drumming group…
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