by Ester Blass | Oct 28, 2019 | Kivulini, Story
My name is Ruth. I am 19 years old and my father has three wives. My mother has seven children. I didn’t go to school. My father chose a man to marry me. I was married at 18 years and soon became pregnant. My family was happy and okay with this. At 31 weeks of...
by Ester Blass | Oct 21, 2019 | Kivulini, Staff
Here at Kivulini Maternity Centre we have 70 staff in total. Thirty of them are men. Out of 27 midwives, eight are men. It’s a delight in this community to see how well our staff all work together and share the same goal of ensuring kind, compassionate care is given...
by Ester Blass | Oct 11, 2019 | Story
My name is Mary. I am 24 years old. I came from Emboreet. I am married and I gave birth to two babies. Only one is alive now, my five-year-old girl. I am educated to form four. I wanted to continue with school, but we did not have money so I could not. My parents...
by Ester Blass | Oct 1, 2019 | Kivulini, Staff, Story
Maternity Africa is delighted that Hosiana has become a member of our team. At the beginning of this year, Hosiana came here for an eight week placement during her course at Tengeru Institute of Community Development. We were so impressed by her commitment and love...
