CCC was astounded to find that we had an exhilarating first day in Nairobi visiting the Langata Women’s Clinic located within the prison. We learned that many of the 600 to 700 women were either waiting trial or had committed minor crimes but had no other choice but to serve their sentences at Langata. We...
It must be a curious sight for the Maasai women to see this sign (see the accompanying photo) about CCC cervical examinations amidst the rural backdrop of the Mara landscape. Thanks to the devoted work of Francis Aho of Africa Mission Services (AMS), Maasai women living in Mara settlements are being notified about CCC’s free...
When CCC takes on a project in a remote area like Engos, Kenya, we need to learn about the indigenous people who will constitute our patient population. The roughly 900,000 Maasai (who speak Maa as well as some Swahili and English) are pastoralists whose livelihood depends primarily on owning and herding cattle. History The Maasai...
The CCC team will depart on October 28 to Africa to establish two new sustainable, ongoing “See and Treat” clinics. This will be our busiest and most varied experience to date. We will be journeying between Kenya and Ethiopia — from urban commercial sectors to rural regional clinics — and simultaneously setting up new clinics...
The names and other identifying information about these patients have been altered to protect their privacy. This morning in Chisec, Guatemala, a lovely woman named Mayra entered the new Cure Cervical Cancer: Collie and Greg Daily Cinic. She came to be screened and possibly treated for premalignant cervical cancer. She knew HPV was very high...
The names and other identifying information about these patients have been altered to protect their privacy. Adelia is a beautiful Mayan woman who hesitates to smile because she is missing her two front teeth. When she arrived today in her orange blouse, her young daughter refused to leave her side as she entered the CCC...
Occasionally, supporters of CCC comment that they would like to “breeze off” with us to one of our destinations, say, Guatemala, or Kenya, or Haiti. The fact is that getting to our work sites is no “breeze.” When CCC goes overseas, we have already accomplished a huge set of tasks since we must travel with...
