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FWA Awarded $1810 from New York Yearly Meetinging
I just found out that FWA has received $1810 from New York Yearly Meeting’s World Ministries Committee. This money will help us complete construction on the clinic to become a fully certified Centre du Sante. Thanks to Sue and everyone … Continue reading
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“Courage Pays Off in a Small, Determined Place”
Quaker News, a quarterly update on Quaker work in the care of Britain Yearly Meeting, talks about FWA and Dr. Alexia in their latest newsletter! Click here to check it out!
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The $1 Organic Menu
Well, it’s not at McDonald’s. And it’s not just one meal. It’s right outside your kitchen and feeds you throughout the entire dry season. For the past two days, we’ve been hosting a seminar at the clinic on “Sack Gardening.” We … Continue reading
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We Were Accepted as a Global Health Corps Partner!
As I’ve mentioned in prior posts, FWA applied late last year to be a partner with an organization called Global Health Corps. As they put it, “Global Health Corps connects outstanding young leaders with organizations working on the frontlines in … Continue reading
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My Christmas Wish List
Dear Santa, This year for Christmas I’d really appreciate it if you could bring the following: Hematology cell counter Rapid CD4 counter Laboratory distiller Autoclave Spectrophotometer ERS Westergreen Tubes Laboratory incubator Glucose Meter You see, if I could get this … Continue reading
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Growing Pains
It’s been a busy week for me at the clinic. After being here over a month now, it seems like things just started to all come together. On Tuesday I was contacted by an NGO worker I met through a … Continue reading
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Becoming Home- Pictures!
At last I bring you pictures! Between not having power in the office since last Wednesday and waiting for the (very slow) broadband connection, they took quite a while to upload. But here they are…my new life. And I have … Continue reading
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Learning Patience, Positionality
Patience is one of the first lessons I have learned in Burundi. I’m not sure I would have considered myself an impatient person before. I have never been bothered by typical things like waiting in line or in traffic or … Continue reading
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