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Day 99, Thursday 7th November, Johannesburg to Mbabane, Swaziland.
We left Johannesburg a day earlier than planned at the request of Kwame from Franklyn Lane Films. He was already in Swaziland by now and eager to start filming some of my Flight For Every Mother...
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D100, Friday 8th November, Swaziland.
Day 100 of Flight For Every Mother! What a long way we had come by now! This morning we said a sad goodbye to Kwame – he had another filming assignment to attend to in Germany! But the good news was...
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Day 101, Saturday 9th November, Swaziland
Today was the day to visit a Swazi school – Siteki Nazarene School – and to talk to one of the sponsored students of the Girl Child Education fund. Education of girls is hugely important; it lowers...
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Muzi, who was heading up our visit to Swaziland, enforced a day of rest today! Just as well, because it was very stormy with high winds and rain and there were a number of accidents on the roads. Becky...
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Day 103, Monday 11th November, Swaziland
An early start saw us at the Mountain Inn for a UNFPA sponsored breakfast training session with many of the midwives and doctors i had come across during my hospital and clinic visits the previous...
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Day 104, Tuesday 12th November, Swaziland to Lesotho.
The Swaziland Wellness Centre was set up in 2007 on the background of many Swazi nurses leaving the country to practice overseas and a desire by the Nurses Association to understand why. A...
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Day 105, Wednesday 13th November, Maseru, Lesotho
At the Lesotho Wellness Centre, we started with a meeting at 10am to discuss the day’s plans. Madame Doreen had been instrumental in arranging my visit to Maseru: The president was out of town and so...
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Day 106, Thursday 14th November, Lesotho to Port Elizabeth, South Africa
We were up before the sun: but unfortunately the airport staff were not and we had several frantic phone calls to our contact in the control tower to try and get airside and off away to Qacha’s Nek...
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Day 107, Friday 15th November, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
An early start saw me at the Dora Nginza Hospital, located near the Zwide Township to the North of the city centre. Dr Mabenge, lead consultant for Obstetrics and Gynaecology, introduced me to the...
View ArticleD108, Saturday 16th November, Port Elizabeth, South Africa
With a huge storm outside, and blogs to catch up on, we stayed in our accommodation just outside Port Elizabeth most of the day but did treat ourselves to watching a film in the evening!
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