Cradle of Love Baby Home

Yesterday held both!  My mother came to the end of her stay with us and started her trip back to Oregon. It was wonderful to have her here. Even though she is not a "baby person", she cuddled, played with and fed all our little ones. She organized clothing, folded numerous diapers, worked in the […]

I took my mother, Clara and Judy to visit the Preemie Unit at the Mt. Meru Government Hospital today. The moms were in a room nursing their babies when we arrived and were so friendly. I had taken some little knit hats, blankets and some ambu-bags for the unit.

There is a one month old girl […]

This morning our medical group learned about using an NG tube for feeding and also about how to give injections. Then the babies came to clinic and we got to practice what we had learned by giving immunizations. I really love to learn this way–hands on.

Just after lunch, two new volunteers from the USA arrived […]

A couple of days ago I received a text message on my phone from a young lady. She wrote, "Madam, please help me. I have a 1.5 year old daughter and I cannot care for her. Her father left me when I was 7 months pregnant. My parents are dead and I am caring for […]

The "medical" team went up to the clinic this morning. We had a wonderful learning session with a young, nurse/midwife, named Ruth. She is very thorough and clear with her teaching. We went over the physical assessment of a baby, which will be most helpful. Most of it I was already familiar with, but it is […]