By Emily Smith | Field Worker
Social Worker Gladys and I had the great pleasure of taking Ombisa for his enrollment at the Nairobi Hospital Nursing School on Sunday. We had arranged to meet him at 10:15 but he had been waiting for us since 9am! He was so excited and hadn't slept all night.
After paying up the school fees and collecting a bunch of text books so heavy the bag made you walk at an angle, we were welcomed by the teaching team and given an introduction to the school. Its a top class nursing school in a
private hospital, a past student gave her story of training in the school and working in the Nairobi Hospital as a theatre nurse, in 2000 when the UK brought nurses from abroad to work in UK hospitals she went and worked in the UK for some years before returning to work in Nairobi. It's clear that the qualifications Ombisa will get at this school could take him anywhere in the world. But its going to be a tough two years with classes starting at 7:30am everyday and strict discipline. The Principle informed us that if students are not up to scratch after the first three months of training, they will not be allowed to continue with the course.
After the introduction we found his room and collected his uniform, Ombisa is sharing a room with another trainee nurse who he met during the interview stage so he was happy to find a friend! We stayed to have lunch together and gave Ombisa his first lesson: using a knife and fork, he's now one step closer to becoming a surgeon! Ombisa certainly has a lot to adjust to in these first few weeks of school, we assured him that we were just a phone-call away and that we would be praying for him. Please join us in prayer for Ombisa at this overwhelming time as he starts class, makes friends and gets used to the routine and over the coming months that he can work hard and excel in class and show his teachers he is a worthy candidate to continue beyond the first three months.
Finally, thank you so much to those who have made it possible for Ombisa to start nursing school, it was amazing to be there with him on his first day, to see his excitement and to imagine with him a future that looks full of promise.
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