Having contacted Daniel last week I was advised that he had contacted a doctor regarding the outstanding issues to have the Dispensary registered. The issues being toilet, pits and a nurse. Daniel is currently addressing these issues, firstly they are required to have three pits. The village people are digging these pits, the first is a toilet pit, the second is a pit to burn the used needles and the third to burn the rubbish.
With regards the nurse, Sister Laboure in Ireland, (a Mercy nun and the sister of the late Father Michael Sheehy) has forwarded, by air mail, all the information regarding the Dispensary to Sister Okumu at the Mutomo hospital (a missionary hospital run by the Mercy nuns). Sister Joachim, a Kenyan nun on the Mercy Leadership team did all the work for Sister Laboure. I shall endeavour to contact Sister Okumu next week to allow time for the airmail information to be processed. Fingers crossed we may be able to have the assistance of a Mercy nun nursing sister to ‘get started’. I forwarded further money to Daniel on Saturday last being for a term’s food for the Nursery school children, money for the uniforms for the 26 children newly enrolled this year. Also money for the last of the building works and finally Ksh 23,000.00 (A$319.44) being the application and registration fee to register the Dispensary with the Kenyan Government. When registered the Government should supply free vaccinations and supplies for the centre.
We are almost there, what a celebration we should have when the Dispensary is up and operating!!
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Cheers,
HELEN
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