by Michael Hynds | Jun 7, 2019 | Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
Hannah delivered her bouncing baby at Maternity Africa’s Kivulini Maternity Centre on 31 May. We are delighted that this is a celebration of another safe delivery, and the 1,000th delivery since 28 May 2018, when we had our first one in the brand new hospital....
by Michael Hynds | Jun 7, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
The World Health Organization states that ”access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health.” Today, World Food Safety Day, we thank our wonderful kitchen staff who cook three delicious,...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 5, 2019 | Equipment and Furnishing, Kivulini, News, Story
Today is World Environment Day. Maternity Africa cares about the environment. Kivulini Maternity Centre has a biogas storage and utilisation system in which human waste can decompose safely. The gases are then used for cooking in the kitchen. Kivulini Maternity Centre...
by Michael Hynds | Jun 2, 2019 | Fistula patients, Kivulini, News, Staff, Story
The rainy season (long rains) in Tanzania is usually from March to May. However, this year the rains took longer to come to Northern Tanzania, where Kivulini Maternity Centre is located. We experienced lots of heavy rain showers during May. Although it was very...
