Kivunge Cottage Hospital, Zanzibar

Before going to the Kivunge clinic, we visited the Chief Minister's Office for a press conference with the new prime minister(?) (seated). I represented our team and Crossroads. Later, we presented the donated medicines to the PM who then presented the medicines to the Minister of Health and Social Welfare. Bishop Mgullu also had some wheelchairs on-hand donated by "Free Wheel Chair Mission" here in the U.S. We presented these wheelchairs together to the Minister's who then presented them to Ms. Saide, the new Zanzibar Director of the Disabled. Melanie later visited with the new Director to discuss the hearing diabled and how she can help next year. Melanie is a hearing specialist.


Here we are at Kivunge. Before starting clinic we had additional formal presentation proceedings. Then we gave away about 20 wheelchairs to the disabled. The wheelchairs are so empowering! Words are not needed here as the joy and happiness of these children says it all!

This is our pharmacy. In the foreground are our team nurses, Jocelyn and Nimfa and Dr. Ikongo, in the blue dress shirt. They all put in 12 hour shifts each day filling presciptions and seeing patients! Over 650 patients were seen from Monday through Thursday in this rural community. The medicines on the shelves are the ones we presented to the Government which were purchased with generous donations from Crossroads in San Jose and the Lions Club 500 in Modesto.

THANK YOU CROSSROADS AND LIONS CLUB!!!!!!

Here is Melanie talking to some cute kids and passing out some candy while they wait to be seen by one of the doctors. Melanie worked very hard in assisting the nurses and doctors with a myriad of duties.

More to come!