Amina's mornings: from the river to the classroom
For years, ten-year-old Amina walked two hours to the river before school. The new well in Kanyawegi changed that in a week.
22 September 2026 · By Daniel Otieno
The van leaves at six, loaded with vaccines, scales and a cool box of medicines.
By the first stop there’s already a queue: mothers with babies, older people with blood-pressure checks, a boy with a cut that needs cleaning.
Six villages, one van, two nurses and 140 patients. We spent a day on the road with the health team.