Katie and her shadow, Christiana

A new system

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August 2nd 2011
Today we had our first full day working in the hospital in the morning and in the clinic in the afternoon. In the hospital Katie saw 2 kids with newly diagnosed cancers. A 10 year old with medulloblastoma and a 2 year old with Hodgkin's lymphoma that presented as a lump in the groin. They do the chemotherapy at the hospital across the street so these kids are waiting for transfer there. Sh ... read more

Africa » Namibia » Windhoek

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South Africa occupied the German colony of South-West Africa during World War I and administered it as a mandate until after World War II, when it annexed the territory. In 1966 the Marxist South-West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO) guerrilla gr... ... read more