Recent Outreach blog posts:
14.07.2010
Health Care closer to Home
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Access to health care is a problem in Turkana, in addition to the access to the facility, the predicament of getting an attendant at the facility has been the cry… Read full post
08.07.2010
Supporting Food Security through Multi-storey Gardens
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In an area dependent on livestock, relief food, and rain in a dry region, the development and adaptation of multi-storey gardens (MSG) is an innovative and exciting way to address… Read full post
08.07.2010
Post Secondary Education for 13 students
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Poverty and unemployment are among the many problems that plague communities in the Turkana region. Read full post
05.07.2010
Kicking out HIV During the World Cup
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The TBI nurse and team have been very busy this world cup season but not watching the game. They have been participating to provide services for the Ministry of Health… Read full post
05.06.2010
Water for Hygiene, Sanitation, and More
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It has been two weeks since the water pump in Ileret started working again. Taking advantage of this, TBI mobile clinic has been carrying out community-wide education on hygiene and… Read full post
16.05.2010
Wind Pump Technicians Commence Work
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After several months of anticipation, the wind pump (kijito) repairs have began at Ileret. Read full post
03.05.2010
SBU to Support Health Centre Construction in Ileret
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About a year ago a team of health professionals from a variety of departments from Stony Brook University (SBU) visited Ileret. Citing the need for public health interventions in the… Read full post
23.04.2010
Racing for a Cleaner Environment
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The race for cleanliness in Ileret continues as the TBI Committee organized for a clean-up campaign with TBI bursary students and Ileret Primary School students during their vacation period in… Read full post
16.04.2010
Another Reason to Prioritize Health
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Ileret froze still for a few hours in anticipation today. All were anxious for the air rescue of two medical patients with meningitis by the African Medical Research Foundation (AMREF). Read full post
12.04.2010
No Woman should suffer giving Life
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Unfortunately, to many women in rural Kenya, pregnancy and child bearing is a life-threatening experience. The Safaricom Foundation has come to the aid of Turkana women with a grant of… Read full post
11.04.2010
Deaf Girl Attends School
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Disabled children in Turkana as in many poor communities are neglected and education for them is a far fetched dream. That was the case for Akal Ekidor, an eleven year… Read full post
07.04.2010
Ileret Bursary Students Team Building Activities
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Twenty six of the 38 TBI Bursary students form Ileret. A schedule of activities has been selected for TBI Bursary students from Ileret while they are on school holidays this… Read full post
07.04.2010
Ileret Community Mobilizes for Wind Pump Repairs
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Ileret youth bringing down the old wind pump. Following the grant provided by the Australian High Commission, the Ileret community has mobilized resources to bring down the old wind pump… Read full post
18.03.2010
Science to Benefit Humanity
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Two of the girls sponsored by TBI Bursary Fund. It has been another busy January and Febrauary, with an overwhelming number of high school boys and girls seeking financial support… Read full post
06.01.2010
Telesgaye School Opening
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Sieslucho town was all cheers yesterday as the furniture for Telesgaye Primary School was delivered and the school's new teachers quarters officially opened. The furniture includes student desks, teachers office… Read full post
18.12.2009
Illeret Receives Grant for Water Access Project
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The Australian High Commission just committed to a grant of almost $7,000 to finance a water pump rehabilitation project in Illeret through its Direct Aid Program (DAP). The DAP gives… Read full post
07.12.2009
All Construction at Telesgaye Complete
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Telesgaye Primary School now has the additon of a teacher's quarters and three latrines from the generous donation of the Ceres Foundation. Plans are underway to provide needed desks and… Read full post
01.12.2009
Telesgaye Teachers Quarters Almost Complete
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Less than two months into the project, the teachers quarters at Telesgaye Primary School are practically complete, minus electrical wiring for the solar panels. The quarters will accomodate four single… Read full post
23.11.2009
Eye Patients Return Safe and Sound
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After a week of being away, 26 of the patients that were transported to North Horr for eye treatment returned safe and sound. Remaining is one young patient who was… Read full post
14.11.2009
Eye Clinic and Cholera Updates
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Now into their fourth day of the eye clinic, the patients are now starting the second phase of treatment where surgeries for the left eye have began. Unfortunately with no… Read full post
11.11.2009
Eye Surgeries Begin
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News from the ground in North Horr is that the patients in North Horr have now commenced their surgeries. The specialists arrived in the morning to start treatment on the… Read full post
09.11.2009
Every Silver Lining has a Cloud
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We were excited today to have been able to see off 27 eye patients off to North Horr. Traveling with assistants and translators, the team will be stay for a… Read full post
08.11.2009
Cholera Outbreak in Sieslucho
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Despite the good news on the arrival of the lorry to transport the eye patients to North Horr a few hours ago, Sieslucho has been faced with the challenge of… Read full post
08.11.2009
Seeing Hope for the Future
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Below are some of the pictures of the construction of Telesgaye school. In other news, TBI has successfully managed to raise funds to be used to transport the blind and… Read full post
29.10.2009
Giving the Gift of Sight
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Illeret was visited by officials from the Ministry of Health as part of an initiative by Medical and Educational Aid Kenya (MEAK) to screen patients for eye problems and subsequently… Read full post
27.10.2009
Traditional Birth Attendants Receive Training
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A volunteer Midwife from Germany has been conducting training for local traditional birth attendants (TBAs) in Illeret town, and neighbouring communities through the mobile clinic. Travelling with the TBI CHW,… Read full post
23.10.2009
Construction Commences at Telesgaye
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After being stuck for almost two days in a nearby river bed, the construction materials for Telesgaye Primary School finally made it's way to the site. Work commenced officially yesterday… Read full post
18.10.2009
Nariokotome Primary gets a Kitchen and Store
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The decision to skip school is made a bad idea by the availability of a meal that is provided by the school for the pupils of Nariokotome Primary School. Unfortunately… Read full post
18.10.2009
Students Teach Parents on Conservation
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The long awaited community conservation presentations finally arrived yesterday where students to conclude the school conservation education program. TBI carried out competitive education session where the students presented various topics… Read full post
18.10.2009
Illeret Still has Hope after Severe Livestock Loss
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As locals face severe drought and livestock death, Llouryen has had a window of opportunity in Illeret to highlight the importance of conversation. The area is filled with a stench… Read full post
09.10.2009
Painting a Brighter Future
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The art activities moved onto Illeret Primary School where lower primary students started yesterday, and upper primary students took part from today. Different groups of students have been asked to… Read full post
09.10.2009
Conservation Through Art
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The "painting for conservation" activities started yesterday with Telesgaye Primary School students. Most of the students for the first time held a paintbrush and used paints. However, they were eager… Read full post
06.10.2009
Environmental Films a Craze in Illeret
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Llouryen continues to spearhead a successful education program on environmental conservation. Reports of locals asking him to spend a night in the manyatta to continue with environmental films from the… Read full post
06.10.2009
Funding for Telesgaye School Expansion Approved
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Scott McDonald from the Ceres Foundation remains as TBI's most esteemed donor as he approves yet another development project led by TBI. This time around, the project involves the expansion… Read full post
06.10.2009
93% of Children Vaccinated
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September 25th marked the last day of Sora’s visit and the measles vaccination campaign at Illeret. The team returned to Ilgele and Telesgaye to reach those manyatta that were previously… Read full post
06.10.2009
Measles Campaign Moves to El-Bookoch Region
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On the second day into its capaign, the measles campaign continued towards the East of Illeret at Guoro manyatta, El-Bookoch and Watalii where 128 children were vaccinated. Measles Nurse, Beatrice,… Read full post
06.10.2009
Measles Campaign Begins
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The mobile clinic team went to Telesgaye School region on September 22nd where Sora, the MOH nurse, supervised the measles campaign in a variety of the neighboring manyatta. In Sieslucho,… Read full post
06.10.2009
TBI to Participate in Nation-wide Measles Campaign
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On September 20th, Beatrice and Esho left for North Horr today to pick up the Ministry of Health Nurse who was to stay with the mobile clinic team until the… Read full post
06.10.2009
Environmental Films Shown in Illeret
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Backdated to Thursday 17 September, 2009 - Since the nurse and CHW spent Monday attending to the gunshot victim, the mobile clinic revisited El-Bookoch to carry out more vaccines and… Read full post
06.10.2009
Environmental Conservation Educator Arrives
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On Septemeber 16th, we had the first visit to a remote community by the conservation educator who will be volunteering his services at TBI for the next two months. Llouryen,… Read full post
06.10.2009
First Shots of BCG Vaccines Given
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Tuesday 15 September, 2009 We are very happy to have the first opportunity in months to provide the needed BCG vaccinations since the initiation of the mobile clinic. We did… Read full post
06.10.2009
Gunshot Victim Aided by TBI Mobile Team
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Monday 14 September, 2009 The mobile clinic visit had to be postponed after a patient came in with a gunshot wound in the left femur yesterday evening. Lochidang and Beatrice… Read full post
05.10.2009
Mobile Clinic Progress Report
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After a month away, Beatrice returned back to Illeret today after joining me in a meeting with the Chalbi District Ministry of Health Management Team. Our meeting was very positive.… Read full post
28.07.2009
Nets, Fossils and Mosquitos
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Mosquito nets were distributed again today in Telesgaye to lactating and pregnant mothers. Over 300 nets have been distributed so far around Illeret. The remaining will be distributed throughout the… Read full post
27.07.2009
Mosquito Nets Reach Guoro
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A mass distribution of mosquito nets was carried out at Guoro yesterday. Ninety eight mothers (98) and their children received the treated nets. A demonstration was carried out to teach… Read full post
26.07.2009
TBI Helps Illeret Fight Malaria
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235 pregnant and lactating women showed up at Illeret Sub-Health Centre today to receive the pre-treated nets donated by Phillip Sylvester and Victor Ciardelli. The 800 nets manufactured by Vestergaard… Read full post
26.07.2009
Students Dig for Fossils
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As part of the TBI initiative to raise awareness on fossil conservation and the rich natural heritage in the area, Abdi led a team of 19 grade four students from… Read full post
26.07.2009
US Doctor Volunteers with Mobile Clinic
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Dr. Lyman went out with Beatrice and the rest of the mobile team on Wednesday to Ilgele to volunteer with the mobile clinic. He was able to share his experiences… Read full post
26.07.2009
Hellos and Goodbyes
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As the dentists left Illeret in the beginning of the week, TBI gladly welcomes Phillip Sylvester, one of the donors who helped provide and raise funds for the distribution of… Read full post
26.07.2009
Last Dental Camp at TBI
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Monday 20 July, 2009 On their last round of treatment for the Illeret community, the SBUSDM dentists carried out a dental camp today at the TBI campsite where they treated… Read full post
19.07.2009
Student Football Tournament Ends
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Yesterday, the Illeret Superstars took the 1st prize of the TBI student football tournament after scoring 2-0 against the Surge Unbwoggables. A crowd of community members attended the match eager… Read full post
17.07.2009
Illeret Busy with Community Activites
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Community education session of the Turkana Basin prehistory continues with one of the football team to play in this weekend's TBI Soccer Tournament Final, Arege Boys. Most of the young… Read full post
15.07.2009
Conserving Our Natural Heritage
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A volunteer conservation educator today held the first of several education sessions on the Turkana Basin prehistory in Illeret yesterdat. A team of General Service Unit (GSU) and police personnel… Read full post
15.07.2009
El-Bookoch Receives Dental Care
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After six days in Sieslucho, the Stony Brook Dental team has set camp at El-Bookoch. Still housed in tents, the team has been able to screen over 40 patients for… Read full post
09.07.2009
Dental Camp Moves to Sieslucho
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Yesterday the dental camp moved to Sieslucho village, about 12km north of the TBI site. The dentists saw 30 patients. Unfortunately, the light curing machines were damaged earlier in the… Read full post
07.07.2009
Let the Games Begin...
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Starting from Saturday, the football tournament that has long been awaited for by the community began. The games have continued to grow in popularity as spectators increase in numbers and… Read full post
05.07.2009
Illeret Receives Variety of Donations
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Onto the second day of the dental camp, more locals came in as word spread on the clinic. Other than the dental services, the locals were happy to receive t-shirts,… Read full post
02.07.2009
First Day of Dental Camp a Success
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Today marked the first day of the dental camp at Illeret. After unloading the crates early in the morning, the team setup the camp by 10:30 am where they saw… Read full post
01.07.2009
Supplies Arrive
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The dental team is now able to uncross it's fingers as the truck arrives in the late evening today with the crates of supplies. Other than basic dental equipment and… Read full post
30.06.2009
Dental Team Arrives
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Early today morning, the team of dentists and students from Kenya, the US, and Canada arrived at the TBI camp. The day was spent strategizing and charting the way forward… Read full post
30.06.2009
Preparation Begins for Dental Camp
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TBI staff and community volunteers went to the local clinic yesterday to set up tents and clear up the compund in preparation for the dental team coming from Stony Brook… Read full post
23.06.2009
Secure Us from Hunger
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This week has been one of learning trial and wonder of the challenges involved in the fight for security, not from the normal raids in Turkana,not from disease but from… Read full post
22.06.2009
Telesgaye School Gets Approved
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We just received news today that the Ministry of Education has approved Telesgaye Primary School. This means that the Ministry will henceforth be responsible for provided needed textbooks, supplies, a… Read full post
21.06.2009
TBI Helps Fight Against Malaria
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Through the support of individual donors, Victor Ciardelli and Phillip Sylvester, TBI will carry out a project for distributing long lasting insecticide-treated mosquito nets (LLINs) to pregnant mothers and children… Read full post
21.06.2009
More Vaccines Finally Arrive
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We were delighted yesterday afternoon to receive more doses of vaccinations from the Ministry of Health. Unfortunately the vaccines came in in the late afternoon after closing the clinic in… Read full post
19.06.2009
Digging for Gold or Fossils?
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Illeret residents continue to dig garbage pits to obtain footballs and get registered for the community-wide football tournament. Policemen and Officers from the General Service Unit (pictured below) played their… Read full post
17.06.2009
Garbage for Games
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Led by games teacher, Joshua Laur, local students at Illeret Primary school worked enthusiastically to dig pits and collect garbage around Illeret town following Sunday’s announcement on the second phase… Read full post
17.06.2009
Relief or no Relief?
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Once again, relief food proved to be the mobile clinic’s worst enemy. Few patients were present in Sieslucho upon arrival yesterday and only slowly came in throughout the day as… Read full post
15.06.2009
Football Fever at Illeret
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Football4 TBI staff and students from Illeret Primary School played their first friendly match yesterday following a donation of shirts from Stony Brook University, NY to the TBI research team… Read full post
05.06.2009
Tallying up the Month
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In visiting Nangole manyatta, again only small children and old women we found while the rest had gone to collect relief food from Ethiopia. The team attended one antenatal mother… Read full post
03.06.2009
Running out of Vaccines
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As per the mobile outreach design, the team went back to Elbokoch manyatta yesterday. Unfortunately, again there is such a high number of un-immunized children that the supply of vaccine… Read full post
03.06.2009
Diarrea Outbreak in Sieslucho
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Beatrice reports from Sieslucho for June 3rd: "We waited the community for about two hours before they came for treatment since almost everybody in that village went to the [Ethiopia]… Read full post
28.05.2009
Family Planning Education in Telesgaye
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The mobile clinic was set up in Telesgaye yesterday around 4 villages (10km from Illeret) where Beatrice managed to carry out some health education about child spacing and family planning.… Read full post
27.05.2009
Overwhelming Patient Turn-out in Nangole
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Three days ago Lochudang informed Nangole people that we were coming for mobile clinic. Today we found them ready and in a specific place. We immunized 20 children, attended 4… Read full post
26.05.2009
True Health "Care": When Provider Seeks Patients
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Yesterday was truly the best example of health "care" as Beatrice and CHW, Lochidang, went back to El-Bookoch village to provide needed medical attention to a woman who had a… Read full post
21.05.2009
What to do when the need is higher than the supply?
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As the mobile team visits more remote and traditional communities 12km from Illeret Town Centre, we discover more about the challenges of providing services to such a remote community, and… Read full post
21.05.2009
Malnourished Infant Saved by TBI Mobile Clinic
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Beatrice, the nurse, has informed me that the second day of the mobile clinic went just as well as they went to service the Sieslucho area, 10km from Illeret Town… Read full post
18.05.2009
El-Bookoch Children Immunized
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Probabably of the most exciting days of the week, the Illeret Clinic Outreach Program kicked of with starting off 22 children with immunizations in El-Bookoch. Only four of the children… Read full post
17.05.2009
Mobile Clinic Drugs and Supplies Arrive
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The day was excitingly spent unloading the mobile vehicle to organize for tomorrow's medical clinic. The Ministry of Health donated hundreds of different types of drugs and supplies including vaccines,… Read full post
16.05.2009
One Door Closes, Another Opens
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Drs. Khan and Azim wounded up the dental/surgical camp today having screened 146 patients since they started their work at Illeret. The doctors accomplished 42 more extractions, 9 fillings and… Read full post
16.05.2009
Illeret Residents Receive Needed Surgery
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Dr Khan2 Beginning from 8am to 5pm, Dr. Khan and Azim began the dental/surgical camp yesterday where they treated over 50 patients. Dr. Azim managed to extract 32 teeth and… Read full post
14.05.2009
Illeret Ready for Medical Camp and Mobile Clinic
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We arrived with Dr. Khan and Azim from Tiba Medical Centre, Nairobi, today to start preparations for a two-day dental/sugical camp in Illeret. The doctors are to perform free dental… Read full post
04.05.2009
Nurse Begins Work at Illeret
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Today marked the first day that the new TBI nurse, Beatrice Eyomo, began work at Illeret. Other than planning for the new mobile clinic, the nurse is spending part of… Read full post
01.05.2009
Secondary School Students Receive Needed Stationery
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Over thirty Secondary School students from Illeret Location were happy to receive a collection of needed stationery this week. Visiting home for vacation period, TBI had the opportunity to distribute… Read full post
01.05.2009
Followup for TBI Bursary Fund Initiated
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Since the initiation of the TBI Bursary Fund at Illeret in 2007, TBI held it’s first group meeting yesterday with bursary students, where they met with local leaders to encourage… Read full post
01.05.2009
TBI Coordinates Dental Clinics
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It feels great to be back in the field after over three weeks in Nairobi. Now on the ground plans are more rigourously underway to plan for the many projects.… Read full post
06.04.2009
TBI's Mobile Clinic Project Receives Funding
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TBI's mobile clinic project has just gotten the go-ahead with the approval of a $50,000 grant from the Ceres Foundation to purchase start-up equipment and funding from Stony Brook University… Read full post
27.02.2009
Cleaning up Illeret Town
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Illeret town has long been filled with waste of plastic bags, bottles and cans spread around the centre. Today marked the initiation of a community-wide environmental clean-up campaign that encourages… Read full post
25.02.2009
Making Due: Nursery School Under a Tree
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On the first visit to El-Bookoch Manyatta last July, the locals were persistent about having a nursery school constructed for the village. Since then, a local NGO has constructed a… Read full post
12.02.2009
The Opportunity to have a choice
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The opportunity to have a choice is something that I never thought about as the educational system teaches us to work hard, get a job and maybe get rich, maybe… Read full post
10.02.2009
Construction Progresses at Telesgaye School
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Following the purchase and delivery of construction materials to Telesgaye last week, the TBI Camp Manager (Mutuku) visited the village today and was excited to share the following pictures to… Read full post
05.02.2009
Creating a "Buzz" in Illeret Town
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Upon our success in creating a bee colony at the camp last week, TBI provided one beehive to the local women's group in Illeret to pilot test the possibility of… Read full post
01.02.2009
School Supplies Delivered to Telesgaye
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After two long weeks of waiting, the furniture for the Telesgaye Primary School was delivered today. Following the increase in funds announced last week, construction materials were also dropped off.… Read full post
01.02.2009
Environmental Education Program Gets a "Go Ahead"
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The TBI committee became the first group to view one of recently attained conservation films distributed by the African Environmental Film Foundation yesterday. Comments received from the TBI committee film… Read full post
26.01.2009
More Funds Raised for Telesgaye School
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We received great news today that Nairobi Nomads was able to raise more funds from it's cricket players to help fund for the Telesgaye Primary School. The total amount raised… Read full post
23.01.2009
A Washroom is all it takes
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So we continue with box opening today and countless are the number of pens, pencils, and colours. TBI staff were excited to see hundreds of soccer balls donated. There is… Read full post
22.01.2009
Books, Books, and more Books
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Stacks of books donated to the Ileret school.After arriving last week, the day was spent opening boxes of school material donations from a world-renowned American singer who paid a visit… Read full post
19.12.2008
Community Conservation Trip
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community_trip During the month of September, twenty community members from Ileret, made a trip to several community wildlife conservancies to the East of the village to places as far as… Read full post
02.11.2008
Hope in the Midst of Misery
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How does one build a school in a place where there are no teachers? Plant a fruit where there is no water? Or heal a patient where there is no… Read full post
01.11.2008
What is Cricket?
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cricket That's what many locals in Illeret asked today as a group of cricket lovers from Nairobi Nomads drove past the town to play a friendly game of cricket near… Read full post
