by Power Of Pads | Apr 7, 2017 | Blog
World Health Day, celebrating the anniversary of the founding of the World Health Organisation (WHO), provides us with a unique opportunity to highlight health topics of concern for people in other parts of the world. Of course, health means different things to...
by Power Of Pads | Mar 24, 2017 | Blog
TB is a disease that has become increasingly common in places such as rural Kenya where there is the burden of poverty and HIV, and we regularly see people with the disease at our healthcare clinic in Buburi. In the developed world TB is unusual because in most...
by Power Of Pads | Mar 8, 2017 | Blog
Women’s place in society is different with each country or continent but one thing that is common to all and brings them together, is their fertility. However there is a vast difference between what happens to women in low income economies such as rural Kenya and high...
by Power Of Pads | Feb 23, 2017 | Blog
Here in the UK our charity is run entirely by volunteers and that’s why 100% of the money we raise goes directly to the work we do in Buburi. So volunteers are vital to us here but we also welcome volunteers at our health clinic in Buburi too as we know that...
by Power Of Pads | Feb 1, 2017 | Blog
In November 2016 Sallie, one of the trustees, visited the clinic. Two volunteers accompanied her, Fiona, a GP, who has specialised in sexual health and Jo, a nurse, who had just completed the Diploma in Tropical Nursing. Neither had worked in the developing world so...
