Kenya
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Unbelievable!
The past few days have been very busy and very hot and dirty. We have been spending the majority of the day volunteering at the HIV clinic. We have gone out into different towns and the youth do a skit which represents safe sex and HIV testing. Then we approach the people and talk to them about the testing and condoms. Today and yesterday we did mobile testing in tents and also went into brothels (whore hotels) and distributed female condoms to all the prostitutes. Now that was eye opening to say the least. Yesterday the first woman Don tested was positive for HIV. She also has a one year old child who now has to be tested. UNREAL. The people stare at us like they have never seen a white person before. They are very happy to see us. They call us Mwongo. All I can say is I have never seen anything like this before and it has been very humbling.
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I am sure we cannot possibly imagine what you are feeling. The photos speak for themselves and are fabulous.
ReplyDeleteIncredible Rob - Bohdan is right - the pictures say it all...
ReplyDeleteWhat an experience! And for a worthy cause. The images are excellent and capture the essence of the place.
ReplyDeleteWow..our challenges are trivial compared to their ongoing struggle to survive. This will no doubt be transformational for you.
ReplyDeleteRob....call Gilfix!!!
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