20 April 2013

Road to Taveta

Trucks stuck on the road to Taveta

I finally got my pictures of the trip back from Taveta to show the kind of roads were had to deal with.  The rains continue and the farmers are happy but there is flooding in many parts of the country and as you can see it makes travel difficult when there is no road.  This Class A International Road connects Kenya to Tanzania and travels through Tsavo West National Park.
     The week long trip was very needed and we found lots of problems to deal with.  The renovation of the maternity unit in Eldoro is still not complete and we could not return to Eldoro on Thursday as planned because the road was impassable.  It didn't matter as the contractor who had told Sr. Pauline he would meet with us on Thursday was no where to be found.  We talked to the foreman and told him the work must be done in one month or we will hire another contractor to get the unit open and functioning by 1st July.
     This past week in Mombasa we were told by the government that there are at least 57 cases of confirmed Dengue fever along the coast.  Three people in the family downstairs and a Sister on South Coast have all been very sick.  It is a virus spread by mosquitoes that are breeding with all this rain.  I haven't seen any public health announcements in the papers or on the radio.  It probably would not be good for their tourist industry for this to be publicized.  So on Friday I traveled to Mrima and began our teaching for the staffs in outlying areas.  Fortunately the road was paved and we came and went in the same day!!!