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The Journal of Hope |
| A Publication Supporting The Center of Hope for Women, Addressing Domestic Violence, and Finding hope | |
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| WE COME FROM ONE TREE. THINK OF EACH OF US AS A TWIG, TO BE NURTURED, AND TO NURTURE EACH OTHER - Rosemarie |
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Dr. Mark Bean, Founder of Amesbury for Africa, dedicated Physician and community friend forges a path with his team in Kenya. This is his report:
In 1987 when I first visited Amesbury's sister village of Esabalu, near Lake Victoria, in Kenya, I met with a young doctor named Dr. Nalumenya. I asked him if he had seen any cases of this new disease AIDS that I had read about. "Yes," he said "In fact, at my hospital we have had six cases in the last year." It was such a rarity at the time. What a difference at my last visit in June! The same hospital is full with victims of the AIDS epidemic. Funerals are held daily in the village. My first morning in Esabulu was spent visiting the graves of family members of people I knew from our sister village work.
There are so many of these new graves! Read more ...