Integrated Mobile Health Clinics: CHAT

Jambo, It has been a while since our last report and we apologize for the delay. We have much to report, including a new Community Based Health Worker, data from January to March 2013, and an excerpt from the extensive journal or our recent volunteer, Sam Day. We would like to report that, through the help of your...

Hello and Happy Holidays! November and December seem to be the two busiest months of the year, with Thanksgiving, Hanukkah and Christmas and all the travel, relatives, presents, parties and holiday cheer packaged up with them. But in the midst of all the busyness, the world over takes moments here and there, to give...

Hey there, this is Daniel Mbachia, I have just graduated from the University of Nairobi with a BSc microbiology and Biotechnology. I have been volunteering with CHAT since mid-June. Firstly I would like to thank Shanni for giving me a chance and the rest of the team for the warm welcome. When I first arrived I was coming to...

A high-pitched yelp of an African hyena wakes up Peter Obino at the crack of dawn. The CHAT mobile clinic driver quickly wakes up and it suddenly hits him that it is six in the morning and the mobile clinic Land Rover was not loaded last night, as is usually the norm. He quickly summons up a young lady named Anne who is the...

Jambo. We hope this report finds everyone well. I have been reading through some field accounts from a recent volunteer named, Geeta who has written some wonderful, accurate accounts of life on the road with the mobile clinic. The way in which this account is written illustrates just how active, but more importantly, how...

  Hello Again to all of our generous donors and Happy New Year! It is almost hard to believe that a year has gone by- a thought that runs through my head on the brink of almost every New Year nowadays… Last January I remember writing to all of you about our inclusion in the ABC series, “Be the Chance to...

The exhausted camel mobile clinic caravan had travelled for over 16 km since departing from Kirimon in Laikipia County and had served over 200 people with integrated health services that included Family Planning and HIV/AIDS services.  Led by a hired Government nurse, a Family Planning community worker, an HIV...

COMMUNITY HEALTH AFRICA TRUST CASE STORY  By Patrick Kimanzi  Longewan, Samburu County-KENYA.  As she walked out of the enclosure that serves as the camel mobile clinic ‘theater’ room, Martha Nyaano 27, a mother of six felt the gaze of the crowd upon her. Just outside, a group of women had...

Hello again- The camels, handlers, nurses, and mobilizers, have just returned from another month up north in Samburu. Though tribal war between the Samburu and Pokot is a looming threat these days, in this more westerly route, a safe passageway is most always cleared for the team and the trusty camels. This trip was met...

  Bonus Day: March 16! Bonus Day: March 16!   Hello again to all of our donors-   This is just a quick note to let you know that On March 16, GlobalGiving.org is matching at 30% all online donations up 
to $1,000 per donor per project! CHAT has two active projects- The Camel Clinic and Family...

He who has health has hope; and he who has hope has everything -Arabian Proverb     ABC News Team Ventures out with CHAT’s Camel Mobile Clinic: Hello to all of our donors, First off, a bucket full of thank yous for the contributions made to CHAT to date. It is because of your generosity and care that...

Now that I’ve been back from my month long trek through the wilderness with eight camels for a while, it’s high time I sit down and write about my experiences.  There is too much to write down in one story but I will try to paint a picture of what I went through on this camel safari/ health mobile...

Picture This: An African sunrise drinking sweet chai (tea) looking out over the dusty drought-stricken landscape.  To the left a passing giraffe and herd of zebra, to the right a bright yellow land rover with big letters saying “MOBILE CLINIC, Reproductive health, HIV/AIDS Mobile VCT” loaded to the brim...