AFRICAN SONG

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It must be three harvests,
No four and probably five
(How quickly one forgets)
A man came to our house
And said in a few words:
‘What I have come for is friendship.’

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‘What kind of friendship?’
My father dared to ask.

‘What kind of friendship?
Why Aged One,
Do I tire you so soon?
I have come for friendship,
Just friendship,
Giving and taking,
Living and creating life.
Now do I speak bad
Of this good house?’
So he sat down
And repeated:
‘I have come for friendship
And let me stretch my hand
To greet you all
Starting with the Aged One.’

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‘What kind of friendship?’
My father asked again.

‘Friendship, just friendship,
The kind that will last
Through all time
When the sun is high
And when it bends over distant hills
Friendship-
Bashful like a new moon
Present with or without the sun
And touching the nipple of the heart
Not looking back
Or forwards.
I have come for friendship
Going on and going on
Until heaviness of age
Enfolds it
Into the broken earth
Friendship-
Just giving itself more and more,
Day and night,
Until breathing together is complete.
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- Sam Tulya-Muhika
(East African Poet)

Sunday, March 22, 2009

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AMSTERDAM - ARUSHA
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10h10 AM: departure from Amsterdam Airport with KL 0567 flight

08h15 PM: arrival at Kilimanjaro International Airport in Arusha

Arrival at the Arusha Coffee Lodge

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Mount Meru

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From left to right: Arthur, Dilma and Bernard
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From left to right: Arusha Coffee Lodge General Manager, Dilma and Arthur
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Welcome, Introduction and Overview of the 2 week course
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Monday, March 23, 2009

ARUSHA

Klaus and Hans depart for 3 days with the Flying Medical Services (FMS)

Video (Dutch Language) about the FMS and the Wasso Hospital:

Origin: website Tweega Medica Foundation - RTL 7 television programme ‘Nederland in bedrijf’ (2005)

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Elisabeth Hospital

Coffee Plantage & Coffee Tasting

Overnight in Arusha Coffee Lodge

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

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ARUSHA
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1) Selian Hospital
Head: dr. Kiduio
Lecture on DIARRHEA
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Dr. Kay Schaefer
On the second row, from left to right: Christina, Gabriela and Cornelia
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On the second row, from left to right: Cornelia and Bernard
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In the front, from left to right: Arthur and dr. Edith Minde
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2) Lunch at the Flying Medical Service (FMS) in Arusha
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From left to right:
Bernard, Cornelia, Oliver, Wilfried, Ottwin, Jana and Arthur
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FMS
Pat Patten, Director
PO Box 508
Arusha, Tanzania
Phone 1: 027 250 8760 - 027 250 8583
Phone 2: 0748 46 217 - 0748 349 219 - 0748 242 540 - 0748 381 480
Fax: 027 250 8760
Email: fms (ad) bol.co.tz
http://www.flyingmedicalservice.org/
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3) Lecture on 'Rift Valley Fever' and 'AMREF'
Arusha Coffee Lodge

Overnight in Arusha Coffee Lodge

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

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ARUSHA
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1) St. Elisabeth Hospital Eye Clinic
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"To threath and prevent blindness, that is our duty."
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Dr. Kimwer Winston and nurse Pascalina Francis

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Cases: Diabetes Mellitus, Corneal injury, Cornea scars, Headache, CMV retinitis, Cataract, Trachoma

Trachoma - WHO

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From left to right: Jana and Wilfried
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From left to right: Ottwin, Arthur, Dilma and Wilfried

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Dilma
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2) Malaria: Thick and Thin Blood Film

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From left to right: Ottwin, Jana and Dilma

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Dilma watching the Giemsa staining

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From left to right: Otwin, Jana, Dilma and Arthur

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On the microscope:Ottwin

From left to right: Arthur, Dilma, Wilfried and Jana
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3) Afternoon Drive to the Daktari Lodge

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Overnight in Arusha Coffee Lodge

Thursday, March 26, 2009

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1) Olyset Net: insecticide-treated mosquito nets
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http://www.olyset.net/
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Vector control has been proven to be one of the most effective means of preventing the transmission of malaria and other insect -borne diseases, and is one of the key elements of the Global Strategic Plan of Roll Back Malaria 2005 -2015. Yet vector control is not the complete answer. The Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership believes countries have to commit to six elements to achieve success. These are: 1) Evidence-based decisions using surveillance, appropriate responses and building community awareness 2) Rapid diagnosis and treatment 3) Multiple prevention using insecticide-treated mosquito nets, environmental management to control mosquitoes and make pregnancy safer 4) Focussed research to develop new medicines, vaccines and insecticides and to help epidemiological and operational activities 5) Well-coordinated actions for strengthening existing health services, policies and providing technical support 6) Harmonised actions to build a dynamic movement.
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2) Snake Park
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From left to right: Arthur, Jana, Gabriela, Hans, Dilma and Klaus
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3) Safari - Groundwater Forest
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"Remove nothing from the park except: nourishment for the soul, consolation for the heart, inspiration for the mind."
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"... The survival of our wildlife is a matter of great concern to all of us in Africa. These wild creatures amid wild places they inhabit are not only important as a source of wonder and inspiration but are an integral part of our natural resources and our future livelihood and well-being. In accepting the trusteeship of our wildlife we solemnly declare that we will do everything in our power to make sure that our children's grand children will be able to enjoy this rich and precious inheritance. The conservation of wildlife and wild places calls for specialist knowledge, trained manpower, and money, and we look to other nations to co-operate with us in this important task - the succes or failure of which not only affects the continent of Africa but the rest of the world as well."

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- Arusha Manifesto, J.K. Nyerere, September 1961

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4) Arrival at the Octagon Safari Lodge in Karatu near the Ngorongoro Krater and Conservation Area
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Friday, March 27, 2009

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NGORONGORO CONSERVATION AREA
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1) FAME Hospital in Karatu
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From left to right:
Dr. Kay Schaefer, dr. Mshana Fedrick, dr. Mwaluko Ivan , Meredith Bowen (volunteer coordinator)
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From left to right:
Dr. Mwaluko Ivan , Dilma, Christina, Dr. Frank L. Artress (Director/Co-Founder)
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FAME
Foundation for African Medicine and Education
Post Office Box 35
Karatu, Tanzania
Cell +255 754 888 444

4553 Crimsonwood Dr.
Redding, CA 9600
Tele 530 229 1071
fameafrica (ad) gmail.com
http://www.fameafrica.org/
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2) Askofu Hhando Health Center in Karatu
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From left to right:
Jana, Ottwin, Klaus, Gabriela, Wilfried, Dilma and Ann
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Dr. Kay Schaefer with a visiting ophthalmologist from Cordoba, Spain
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3) Hadzabe tribe on the shore of Lake Eyasi
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Overnight in the Octagon Safari Lodge in Karatu

Saturday, March 28, 2009

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1) Ngorongoro Crater and Conservation Area
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From left to right: Christina, Oliver and Hans - In the back: Kay
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2) Endulen Hospital
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Dr. Yadira Roggeveen (NL) presents three clinical cases.
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In white coat to the right: Dr. Adams, the medical director of Endulen Hospital
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3) Lunch in the savanna
'broad rolling grasslands dotted with lone acacia trees'
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The tweega, Swahili for giraffe, is the symbol of Tanzania.
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4) Laetoli Hominids Footprints

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Several trails of bipedal footprints, presumed to be those of Australopithecus afarensis, preserved in volcanic ash at Laetoli in northern Tanzania and dated to approximately 3.5 million years ago. They were discovered in 1978 by a team led by the Leakey family.

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The footprints indicate that the mechanism of weight and force transference through the early hominin foot was virtually identical to that of modern humans and suggest that two of the individuals, one larger and one smaller, walked together in stride and were close enough to have been touching.

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Video on this page

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"... While the detailed interpretation of the prints remains a matter of debate, they remain an extraordinary and fascinating fossil find, preserving a moment in prehistoric time."

Overnight in Octagon Safari Lodge in Karatu