Doing Something Positive with Grief
A small newspaper in Washington state, The Columbian, recently published an article about one of their local nurses, a recent widow, who was inspired by Nicholas Kristof’s book Half The Sky. Joanne...
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Visiting Medical Student’s Reflection
“Tell them the truth,” she instructed me. Those were the only guidelines Edna gave me when she encouraged me to write a post for her blog. The task sounded simple, but for many weeks after my return...
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Letter from Appreciative Volunteer
Edna is deeply grateful for the recent visit by a group of American surgeons. They made use of the Edna Hospital’s surgical facilities for one week to operate on 8-10 patients every day from 7am to...
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Edna Adan, the teaching staff, the volunteers – and, basically, everybody in the whole of Somaliland – is very proud to announce the graduation of 100 newly-trained pharmacists and laboratory...
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Into Africa: A Somaliland Experience
Elayne Clift is a writer from Vermont who recently volunteered two weeks of service at the Edna Hospital. A writer! You know what that means? It means there’s now a perceptive and beautifully-written...
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A French Doctor’s Perspective
The following is written by a volunteer at the Hospital, Dr. Brigitte Herant Dunais. A link sent by my son – I have no idea how he came across the Edna hospital website – prompted me to apply as a...
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Ask Edna
United States Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (NY) has published to her web site, Off The Sidelines, a page of Questions and Answers, questions from her Book Club members addressed to Edna Adan. The goal of...
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On Faith and Future
by Liz Connor From the roof of the hospital, I watch the frenetic rush that marks the end of the day here. Women painted in brilliant color carrying sacks of vegetables and meat open the gates to their...
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My Work is Not Done – by Wanda Chestnut
This article is by Wanda Chestnut, RN, DHSc, an HIV/AIDS Specialist from Glen Dale, Maryland. Even while working full time, and completing her advanced degrees, Wanda managed to participate in three...
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British Aid Money Goes a Long Way
British Aid Money Goes a Long Way in the Former British Somaliland Proctectorate Recently there’s been a lot of discussion in the media about how £480,000 (USD $744,400) worth of British humanitarian...
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