Dr. DM Fitzgerald

Hello Everyone On my very first visit to Kenya our very large plane was beginning its decent when all of a sudden the plane jerked up. Every...

We made it to Kenya and in good order, but what a long day. Not to often you travel with little or no issues. (knock on wood, we still have ...

Hello everyone We have arrived, at least as far as Nairobi. And yes, I got a little homesick somewhere over the Sahara Desert. Fortunately...

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Alestar woke up early in the morning to begin his journey. He had been told that eye doctors were visiting the clinic in Kipkaren and his gr...

Visiting a dentist or an eye doctor in the city of Eldoret costs the equivalent of $10. A pair of eyeglasses is typically about $45. The ave...

Hi Everyone--Thank you for logging on and watching us. Even the best laid plan can be foiled. We started with two computers andf now we ar...

Hi Everyone! Our ability to upload pics is a little hit and miss, but the bandwidth is good so we are going to get a few out while we can! ...

When the EyeCare Kenya team arrived at the clinic, the people of Kipkarin had already encircled the clinic and they were singing and clappin...

Sunday morning started with a first, slightly late, attempt to catch a Kenyan sunrise. Then there was French press Kenyan coffee and a bird-...

On Saturday afternoon, the EyeCare Kenya team was invited to join a Birthday celebration for 33 of the kids in the orphanage. Since many o...

Empowering Lives International (ELI) is an international organization that essentially works to elevate the standard of living for people ar...

Imagine an Iowa farming town where the roads have been created only by back and forth travel that has worn the grass away. Now imagine that ...

Hello Everyone! Sorry about the delay in blogs, we were experiencing some technical difficulties, which I guess was to be expected becaus...

Good Morning All Kenya is filled with patients with many diseases. Yesterday the eye team was very busy. I was able to spend time with kipto...

HELLO - ALL IS WELL HERE IN KENYA!!!! AMAZING PEOPLE!!! THE DAY HAS BEEN FILLED WITH MANY THINGS. I WILL LET JEANETTE TELL YOU IN WRITERS PO...

(Picking up where we last left off...we had just left the Nairobi airport) The van slowed to a crawl--inching past lamp stores, OiLibya gas ...

Tonight we landed in Nairobi. The full moon looked so bright and so close—nearly twice as big as the largest full moon I have ever seen from...