The year has flown by but was productive and inspirational. Team Tanzania 2014 was an amazing collection of talented and generous people. St Eizabeth Hospital, Kisongo Clinic and Endulen Hospital were abuzz with medical and pediatric care, academic teaching, surgeries, specialty care, social services, laboratory, technical care and pharmacy and infrastructure planning. At the end of a […]
Ladies and Gentlemen: It is a very sad day to say farewell to you friends whom we have been together working hand in hand giving services to the patients visiting the HIV/AIDS groups, and doing home visiting in Arusha Municipality. This was a very memorable moment being together as one team, where no person could […]
The jet lag is beginning to wear off and the reality of our adventure is beginning to set in. One last image of Kilimanjaro as we set off for the airport and our flight home. A teary farewell to Pascal and Lesika, our special friends who delivered us safely from safari. We’ve arrived back in […]
How do you write about a trip that has been and is speechless. Like a magnificent four-ton elephant that is five feet from your vehichle, a picture does not give it justice! Words cannot describe the unconditional love that has been given out to all those that have stretched forth a hand. Political, religious, and […]
Just wanted to send an update to let everyone know that we are back in Arusha safe from Safari. We are all well and had a nice trip. It’s hard to believe we only have about 28 more hours of this wonderful place left… We miss you, The Gang
Just a quick note to let you all know that all is well. The safari is awesome and everyone is still alive! Time is short so we will write more tonight. We love you The Gang
Africa gets under your skin,literally and figuratively. We’ve completed our clinical work at Upone for the week. It’s really only the very beginning. Our staff is experiencing a mixture of exhaustion and exhiliration. The week has been a kaleidoscope of hard work, tremendous sorrow, incredible joy and inspiration. We leave Upone with a well stocked […]
Our day began with me sharing a letter from my eldest son Iain praising the work we do to help others who are less fortunate than we are. For each of the Phil Simon Clinic team members, what we do to help others comes from our hearts, it is part of who we are. On […]
11:30 pm was when we ended our day yesterday. Last night we attended our driver’s (pascal’s) neice’s wedding send-off (wedding reception). It encluded everything from a Catholic mass, a DJ playing Michael Jackson & INSINC to dancing, and mooing cows…… Dr. Shriner told us NOT TO EAT ANYTHING!!! The food was served from 5 gallon […]
Today marked the first official meeting of the Tumaini Group (Swahili for “Hope”). This will be a group of women either infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS who hope to come together regularly at the Upone Clinic to share with each other, and to go out in the community to educated others and invite them […]