“Your nutrition program is just amazing; you are doing a magnificent job! We refer all our malnourished children to you!” This compliment by the head physician of our health district counting 400.000 inhabitants is a confirmation that we are on the right track as Keru Yakaar. There is still inad[...]
Archive for April, 2014
Classmates
“Hassan, Abdou Rachman, Fatou, Aminata, …” now Simon begins to talk some more, he names all his classmates (and those are not the easiest names). He often plays with Abdou and Fatou, and Aminata gives him a hug every morning. The little Senegalese girl with beautiful colored beads in her h[...]
Keru Yakaar 20 years!
Our Dutch director wanted a small celebration, nothing extraordinary, for the 20th anniversary of the clinic. The already planned visit of the founder of Keru Yakaar, dr. Martine, was nicely timed. But his plans did were not readily accepted; the staff voiced out clearly that this needed to be celeb[...]