Welcome Medical Student

The Segera Mission Foundation would like to give a warm welcome to Allen Wolfe, a medical student at St. George's University.  Thanks to all the volunteers who support the Mission!

Clinic Update

Head Nurse Christine compiled our clinic numbers for November:
General outpatients attended to were 741. 
Child welfare clinic (immunizations) were 65. 
Antenatal clinic were 45.
Postnatal clinic were 16.
Family planning clinic were 29. 
We delivered 12 babies.
Malnutrition program clinic: Severe malnutrition children were 8 and moderate malnutrition children were 55.
Good job nurses!

Maasai Warriors

This is a great program and we fully support their goals!  Check them out: http://www.indiegogo.com/warriorsfilm

Helping Feed the Children

Thank you Segera Ranch for the wood they delivered for our school kitchen! Without it we would be hard pressed to serve our 189 students porridge and lunch each school day.

Satellite TV at Segera!?

Today Serge managed to get Direct Satellite TV installed at the Mission. This will open a new world for our school children to news and educational programs and more.

The Laboratory is Up and Running

Our Laboratory is operational! Thank you Mount Bethel United Methodist Church and Project 82 for the funds that made this happen! It took a long time but we finally have a laboratory which will greatly enhance our capability to diagnose and treat the many patients we see every day!

Measles Vaccination Campaign

Last week our clinic participated in the government's measles campaign. We had a target of vaccinating 900 children in our area, and by using our black Hilux and getting into the communities we managed to vaccinate 1,130. Despite all the rain! Good job nurses!

Segera Mission Foundation is an NGO!

For the past year, directors Richard, Janice, and Serge have worked diligently with the Kenyan government to obtain NGO status for the Segera Mission Foundation.  The purpose for this step forward is to allow the Mission to have more partners to aid in the relief of the poor and impoverished people in Northern Kenya.  A huge thanks to our directors, board members, and volunteers for all you do for the Segera community!

Mother/Baby Clinic Update

There have been several births in the past few weeks:

Nurse Leon Kimathi delivered a baby this morning at nine. The mother is from Kulkulai and is Mary Leseketeti, father is Tanyasa Leseketeti, and the baby is named after Pappy's wife and is called Lorna Leseketeti!

Nurse Leon Kimathi delivered his second baby in the same day! The mother is Fatima Hassan, father is Hassan Ekine, and the baby is Rashid Hassan. They are from Depatus. The baby weighed in at 3.4 kgs (7.48 pounds).

This child is the Night Guard Peter's grandson. The father is Segera Councillor Salim Edong, the mother is Elizabeth Edong, and the baby weighed in at a whopping 4 kgs (8.8 pounds) and is called Mike Edong. Congratulations on your baby!

Christine Okot gave birth to Ruse Nyarwai in the clinic. She is from Segera Gate. Congratulations Christine and husband Benjamin Kamwiti!

 

Cricket Training at Our School!

BATUK Visit

BATUK has been extremely instrumental in the construction and vehicle maintenance at the Mission.  Thanks to everyone who lends a helping hand!

A Needy Situation

Head Nurse Christine and the family.

Home for the mother and five children.

We are going to donate a foam mat and are trying to find a couple of blankets. Director Richard Skow also gave his personal cooking pot (sufaria) as part of an assistance package we're working up.

 
Segera Mission volunteer Steve Dowling and the family.

Assistance package delivered from Mission.

Faith Karimi delivering some things from the mission to help the family.

A HUGE Thanks to Steve Dowling!!

Josephat and Paul doing a bit of rendering inside the new building.

 Construction foreman Steve and the construction gang in front of our building complete with roof. The lab now has plumbing also.

Steve Dowling is headed home today and we will miss him! He took a last photo with the mission children.

Thanks Steve Dowling for all your help, and have a safe trip home! 

Visit From World Clothes Line

On 15 October we had a wonderful visit from Mallory the founder of World Clothes Line (www.worldclothesline.com), accompanied by Gemma and Bryn from 2 Do Africa (www.2doafrica.com). Mallory distributed hundreds of peices of clothing to our

school kids and in the community. Thank you for your visit!
Unfortunately Team Shoebaru (shoebaru.com) were held up repairing their two vehicles, but we're hoping they'll be able to visit in the future!

Last week's visitors Mallory from World Clothes Line and Gemma and Bryn from 2 Do Africa donated a cooking pot and some food for our dear friend Maria Namojo.

Visit From Rotary Club Meru

We had a great visit from Catherine Kimathi and Justin from Rotary Club Meru today. Catherine took the opportunity to buy a large chicken. We look forward to many more visits in the future!

Maternal and Neonate Clinic Continues to Grow

Veronicah Meshami from Endana gave birth to a 6.9 pound baby in our clinic yesterday. We're expecting another baby to be born there today, and that will be number six for this month.

We had two more babies at the clinic. The wife of Jackson our Standard 2 teacher, Damaris Jackson gave birth to Janet Akwam, and Agnes Losianpo from Depatus gave birth to Mercy Lodeku

 Eunice Akai gave birth to Patrick Ekwan today in our clinic. He needed to use the isolette for a bit - thanks again to everyone that donated the isolette!

 Nurse Leon Kimathi delivered baby number seven for October in the clinic today. The mother is Mongesa Lemargapas from Black Tank, and the baby's name is Justin Lemargapas. Justin weighed in at 3.3 kilos (7.26 pounds). The father is Simon Lemargapas.

Putting the Pieces Together

First truss of the new building went up this morning.

Most trusses were up at the end of the day today.

 All the trusses are up and work is proceeding on the gables on one side. Our office has moved to the library temporarily as we turn the old office into a laboratory.

Mumbi of our Team Clean preparing the lab for a coat of paint.

 Electrician Martin upgrading the wiring for our lab.

 

 Steve and the gang putting up the gables on the North side of the new building.

Many parents of the 189 children attending our school have been helping us to dig a hole for our new sanitation block, and today they were out in force clearing the land where we plan to build some classrooms. Thank you parents!

  Mechanic Samuel Mwaura welded the last of the windows into the new building, and then mason Josephat and the team went to work adding cement.

 Paul is adding a couple of coats of new paint to the future lab.

 Josephat and the team unloading poles from the Bedford truck that will become the scaffolding we need for them to complete the gables.

 Enoch preparing to put on the facia of the building.

The carpentry team started putting up the roof on the Eastern side of the building.

 Josephat and the masonry team quickly built up some scaffolding and finished the southern gable today, and then started work on the northern one.