Since I am staying in Nairobi, I have limited healthcare-related experience with rural Kenya (and my tourist experience is limited to the town of Nakuru and my safari). This changed today!
Mashavu is an orgnaization attempting to establish "telemedicine" in rural areas. These areas often lack health professionals and instruments, so technology is being implemented for providing these people with the care they deserve. Videoconferencing allows villagers to connect with doctors in Nairobi, Kisumu, and Mombassa. They are working with donors now to ensure a sustainable method of providing supplies to these villages. Transportation is usually the hindrance, so ensuring a constant pipeline is critical to the project's success.
I met with Dr. Manu Chandaria. As you can see by clicking on his name, his list of accomplishments, memberships, and chairmanships is unparalleled in quality and quantity. What struck me more, though, is the generosity in his heart. He has set up the Chandaria foundation, one with branches in over 40 countries. Some of his work focuses on giving free education to children who are unable to afford high school. He has also hired people in various countries to go to a small village, live there, and report back to him on what the most pressing needs are. He is also very well-connected to the business and political atmosphere worldwide. These connections are, of course, indispensable for someone wishing to collect funds for charity work. The passion and ferocity with which he continues his work at the age of 81 serves as an inspiration for me, and I hope you can find some personal meaning through what he does. I am not at liberty to post his email, but if you find it and contact him he usually responds within 24 hours with a personal message.
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