Lunch at the Blue Post Hotel

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While in Kenya this summer, we went to the Blue Post Hotel in Thika for lunch with some Ghanian friends, Ben and Paul and Paul’s wife and daughter. Ben and Paul are doctoral students in the Department of Educational Communication and Technology … Continue reading →

Back to Kiambethu Farm

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In October 2011, I posted several blog entries about a visit to Kiambethu Farm (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3) near Limuru, Kenya. In June, we visited the farm again, along with colleagues Alan Foley and Yan Huang. The farm … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 8 (in Jacqueville)

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These photos show some everyday sights from a drive around Jacqueville. The video is a short clip of a tree “alive” with yellow weaver birds building nests.Video

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 7 (Eye Surgeries)

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After a week of screening patients in 16 villages, Dr. Agre and the rest of the medical team performed surgeries on patients they identified during the screening process. Thirteen cataracts were removed and five pterygium surgeries were performed. These photos … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 6 (in Toukouzou)

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Throughout the campaign, the medical team for the mobile eye clinic screened 516 patients’ vision at 16 villages during one week. The villages where screening was done were Abrebi, Sassako, Avagou, Akrou, Adoumangan, Tabbott, Coco, Grand Jack, Adjue, Adjacousse, M’bokrou, … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 5 (at Couve)

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One of the villages where the medical team screened patients with vision difficulties was Couve. To get there, team members traveled across a lagoon in a dugout canoe. These photos show that trip and fishermen fishing in dugout canoes in … Continue reading →

Trip to Cote d’Ivoire, Part 4 (at M’Bokrou Church)

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On Sunday July 15, we worshipped with the Eglise Methodiste Unie Cote d’Ivoire at M’Bokrou (United Methodist Church in M’Bokrou). The mobile eye clinic team had worked with the church to plan a thanksgiving service followed by a fellowship lunch … Continue reading →