We are now skyping a joyful friend of Coach Inwood. Where is she located you ask? Kenya! This woman is an audiologist, which specializes in hearing loss. Whether it's from lots of ear infections or being born with it, she can help them all, even children! Kenya is currently growing in this field and becoming more proactive. She normally sees people who have been infected with malaria that causes ear problems. They want to try to screen the children early enough to prevent them from living a different life. Apparently, health care is growing fast, there are hospitals in churches and missionaries. There are even private hospitals that are more like the ones here, but they are more expensive. Even without all of the high tech gear, she can give amazing care. In the hospitals that Kenya has, they don't really have appointments based on time, it is more of who shows up first. Where she works, she doesn't take a salary from the hospital, instead she gains money from her supporters and the organizations. Half of the doctors where she works are Kenyan and some Northern. There has recently been a doctor strike that is carried out by people who are employed by the government for three months now. Because of how dangerous mosquitos are, they require you to get a yellow fever shot before you visit Kenya.
In school, when you reach the secondary level in Kenya, you have to start paying for your education. The people in Kenya value education so much that they will sell off their belongings in order to send their kids to school. In fact due to the different people that end up teaching these children, kids end up speaking three different languages.
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