Mosquito nets improve life for patients and staff
While Kenya is slowly emerging from the yearlong coronavirus pandemic, another plague has hit the AMS clinic-mosquitos. They have always been buzzing around the area but excessive amounts of rain over the past two years has increased the mosquito population exponentially.
Open windows at the clinic and maternity ward mean anything can get inside including clouds of mosquitos. Wooden shutters that do not totally close or allow airflow are not practical in the heat. Staff were doing their best while taking care of patients and new mothers as swarms of the insects ...
Donated ultrasound unit saving lives
When a team from Adventist Health volunteered with AMS three years ago, they wondered what more they could do to help. They decided an ultrasound machine was something the clinic could use.
The machine arrived in October 2019 and has been put to use ever since. Staff can now confirm and date a pregnancy, check for problems and confirm if a mom is carrying twins or triplets.
Naomi, a nursing student, giving an ultrasound to a patient
Mothers have started coming to the clinic specifically for an ultrasound, sometimes at the recommendation of another clinic that ...
Dental clinic volunteers bring smiles to Maasai people
Dental clinic volunteers bring smiles to Maasai people
Posted on June 29, 2020 by africamissionservices
What if you couldn’t simply call a dentist to make an appointment when you had a tooth ache? For many in the Maasai Mara area, that is a normal part of life but thanks to some folks that visited on an AMS mission trip in February 2020, Maasai adults and children got some of the care they needed.
Dr. Mark Turner, a dentist for 36 years, has gone on many mission trips and recently returned to Kenya right before the Covid-19 pandemic really took hold ...
The Miracle of Twins
A woman came into clinic this week with a big smile belly and strong labor pains, but she went home laughing and smiling with two beautiful baby girls. This week there has already been five births at the clinic. The woman who had twins had received no pre- natal care and so even the doctor was surprised when after delivering the placenta a little foot came out. Thankfully the footling breach delivery went very well and both twins are now healthy. This week the staff at the clinic are preparing to start group prenatal classes for this community. They are preparing education ...
The work continues…
This week Africa Mission Services has been blessed to have a group from Advent Health led by Steve Yost. The group organized mobile clinics, vacation Bible school (VBS), and a special painting project as well as adventured on their first Kenyan safari experience.
The five mobile clinics consisted of traveling to various communities and offering free health consults, blood pressure screenings, and free medications and treatments to Masai people. Over 450 people were seen by physicians. And over 700 children were treated for parasites and given multi-vitamins.
Some ...
Water is LIFE!
In 2014, Pam visited the Oloosinon Primary School as a volunteer helping build the dinning hall. While their she connected with the children and soon realized that clean water was greatly needed.
Over 10 years ago a well was dug at the Oloosinon school - it worked for a while but soon the bottom caved in blocking water from being pumped. The well was repaired once but only worked a short time - as it really needed new casing to prevent further cave in. Thus the children were forced to collect water from the local water pans and springs - which are far from clean.
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Kettering Mission Trip (Part 2)
As I write the group is on their way to Nairobi. It's been a great week! The medical team saw over 700 patients at five different villages and the constructions team got all the brick walls up for the new clinic staff house! The past two day the group has enjoyed going on safari - viewing prides of lions, elephants, hyenas, rhino, and lots more - including a great view of a migration crossing!
Thank you volunteers for all the energy you put out this week - both the construction and medical teams! We have enjoyed having you as part of the AMS family! Thank you for ...
Kettering Mission Trip
A few days ago AMS was joined by a volunteer group of 25 from Kettering Hospital. The past few days the group has been dividing into two groups - medical and construction. The medical group has gone to three different villages so far offering free medical care... While today is still ongoing... The past two days they saw over a 140 patients at each location! Thank you team for all your hard work!
Returning “Home” – Feeding the Soul, Part 2
Continued...
It wasn't long after that trip in 2013 that Carrie and I decided we wanted to go back to Africa. For Carrie, she wanted to meet the two children she sponsored and for me, I wanted to go back and continue to work with the community, work with the school and of course, see the children I sponsor as well. So for the months that followed, Carrie and I planned our next trip to Africa. We developed a slide show to show the school while we were there. Upon our last visit there, the children asked us great questions about life in the states. Being a ...
AMS Family Additions!!
To all our AMS friends, family, and supporters... Looking back at our blogs - I realize it has been quite some time since any new ones were posted! The reason? Two new additions to the AMS family! In December, Andrew and I were blessed with Austin and Zoe - two healthy, perfect babies!
AMS is looking forward to the volunteer groups who will be joining us this year! We currently have a nurse volunteer here for three months and were just blessed with the visit of two of the children's sponsors. Look for posts from the volunteers soon!
~Francis
