2010

Hello,
As I am waiting for the Vice President of Kenya to visit our Hospital I find some time to write a little update on our lives here in this country. Three hours after the official arrival time we are still waiting for that man to show up and address the staff of the Hospital. But it seems time doesn't really matter, therefore we are waiting and the work is interrupted by the announcement of the visitation. We hope that he will at least fulfill his promise and come after exercising a lot of patience. Expectations are high, what will he bring, what will he say. Will he do something to improve the infrastructure for our Hospital, will he fix the road leading to our place which is almost totally worn out, and needs to be recarpeted. Will he bring a better power supply to our station so that we don't suffer frequent power outages as we do now? A lot of pressure is put upon those guys. How much do they still feel of what the common man in the country feels? We are grateful that at least he comes to visit, so that the government can be aware of what is happening here and to what extent important medical work is being carried out. The needs of a Hospital of that size which almost completely depends on donations from outside the country are huge. The resources in the country are big and it would be great if some of the basic needs could be covered internally.
I'll let you know what comes out, greetings Thomas