by Power Of Pads | Dec 1, 2017 | Blog
With the increased availability of anti retro viral treatment (ART) HIV AIDS is not the death sentence that it once was in sub-Saharan Africa. However there was a whole generation that was decimated by this unrelenting disease. This lost generation are the ones who...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 13, 2017 | Blog
It’s World Antibiotic Awareness Week and we all know that antibiotics are used to prevent and treat bacterial infections and we are lucky to have them. But we are learning we should not take them for granted and the world urgently needs to change the way it...
by Power Of Pads | Nov 10, 2017 | Blog
It’s been over two weeks since I returned from my first trip to the clinic in Buburi. Here are the things I loved about my visit there: Seeing how hard the dedicated staff work in sometimes difficult circumstances was inspiring All the beautiful babies –...
by Power Of Pads | Oct 15, 2017 | Blog
We know that in developing countries, rural women represent almost half of the agricultural labour force, and produce, process and prepare much of the food available, thereby giving them primary responsibility for food security. This quite simply means that rural...
by Power Of Pads | Oct 11, 2017 | Blog
Friends of Buburi are celebrating International Day of the Girl Child. We strongly believe it’s important to highlight the issues concerning gender inequality facing young girls. There are 1.1 billion girls in the world today, a powerful constituency for shaping...
by Power Of Pads | Aug 19, 2017 | Blog
Today Friends of Buburi is celebrating World Humanitarian Day. This is a day held every year on the 19th August to celebrate the spirit that inspires humanitarian work around the world. Buburi Community Health Clinic owes its very existence to so many people across...