Stories from Africa

Africa Stories

Education Stories

Earning a Living  :  A broken sewing machine, chewing gum, and the patron saint of practical necessity

Education

Building Community 

Most of our stories come from our 3 HARAMBEE-sponsored women’s projects in Kenya: 

(1)   Upendo Village, a health clinic run by Sister Florence, a Kenyan nun (educated at Loyola University in Chicago). A woman may walk for two days with a child on her back to reach the clinic. 
 
            (2)    Mukuru, a major slum outside of Nairobi, with 300,000 people, no streets, no sanitary facilities, no electricity or or running water.
 
             (3)   Lea Toto clinics, children's health centers located in several Nairobi slums.  They are part of a larlarger organization serving children who are HIV+, founded by Jesuit physician Father Angelo D'Agostino:  www.nyumbani.org   
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