3 Weeks Left

I couldn’t blog this weekend because the group went to Hell’s Gate national park for our mid-term retreat.  Actually it was more of a 2/3 retreat.  In any case, I think we all badly needed that trip.  It was great to get away from Kakamega and our work and just have fun – live it [...]

Microsoft ACCESS!!!

Online fundraising ends on the 29th!  Donate here! Eff my life.  I find out today – today! more than halfway through the internship – that the hospital was delivered four computers (bringing their total up to five).  One of the ministry requirements is to computerize patient data.  A winning combination, right?  Wrong.  No one at [...]

Grant Review, part 1

I figured I’d post my grant text in full and then post the letter that FSD sent me in response.  The grant can be downloaded here:  Khanna_Grant. This is what FSD said: June 19, 2009 Dear Arjun, Thank you for submitting your grant proposal titled Iguhu District Hospital to the Foundation for Sustainable Development.  The [...]

Kenya is Random

My grant didn’t get funded (eff.) so it has now suddenly become increasingly important to meet my fundraising goal of $1000 by June 29.  Donate here! I’ll post exactly what FSD said about my grant, complete with a blow-by-blow commentary of what I think about them tomorrow evening when I meet with Angie to talk [...]

DOOOONATE

Sorry for not posting yesterday – I was really tired. Yesterday was a pretty cool day, though.  I wake up really early, work out, and go to work.  I’m in the process of printing out some materials for training that day when I get a phone call, and this is 8:00 am.  These days, I [...]

First Day of Training

I may or may not have spent the whole day pressing refresh on my gmail account to see if I got the grant.  It has not been released yet. That, combined with my nervousness concerning the first training session that took place today, gave me one of those stress-induced sneezing attacks that I so often [...]

DON’T feed the animals.

The Muliro household took a while to grow accustomed to my presence, but we grow closer every day.  While some might be inclined to believe this is a great thing in all aspects, I will presently explain how, despite this being a net positive, this also presents somewhat of a problem. Subject A:  Patience.  A [...]

Grant Writing SUCKS.

Sorry for not blogging yesterday; I had to stay up really late to finish a grant that Angie wanted on her desk this morning.  It reminded me a lot of college, except there was no wild party or late-night excursions to fast food restaurants.  So it wasn’t fun. I got a grand total of five [...]

Inspections!!!

It’s not that I don’t believe in Dr. Bomji’s ability to remember things. I just don’t believe in anyone’s ability to remember anything. It’s nothing personal. So you can imagine my surprise when, early this morning at 7:30 am as Mama Joyce knocks on my door to wake me up, telling me that someone from [...]

The Second Meeting

At the second weekly meeting, we had a chance to introduce our workplans to the group and talk further about our experiences at our host family and host organizations.  As a thought-provoker, Angie shared with us a poem by Rudyard Kipling called “We and They”: Father and Mother, and Me,   Sister and Auntie say [...]