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Hi,
on this saturday night I want to look back at this week and see what many good things were in it. Actually just a few minutes ago I talked to my neighbour who is a childrens surgeon. He came back from one of the largest refugee centers in Africa which is located close to the Somaliborder in the northeastern part of Kenya. The camp houses around 200.000 Somalirefugees and is literally overflowing with new arrivals. As you know even from my reports on the ongoing civilwar in our neighbouring country the flow of desperate Somalis who have no choice but to run for their lives, continues pouring into our country. There our doctors operated almost round the clock, from tumors to gunshotwounds, burns and fractures and whatever you may think of. The need there is almost too much to comprehend. But many of the cases which were seen are now referred to our Hospital and there will be treated and much of it will be paid by the German government, through GTZ.
On a more positive note I want to mention that I was able to attend another one day conference where many players in the outreach to tribes specifically in Northern Kenya came together to strategize and brainstorm. We were all surprised to see how many different organisations and agencys are actively trying to do great things for those marginalized groups of people.
I came out encouraged and we are all looking forward to network and help one another in our different ministries.
Have a lovely weekend, Thomas