Lourine Oluoch

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Barbara Fraser |Lourine Oluoch

If you ask people about Mari Luz Canaquiri, they will tell you how she gave birth to her youngest daughter in a canoe on the Marañón River, the baby arriving before she and her husband could reach the nearest health center.

3 weeks ago | ncronline.org | Lourine Oluoch

Sr. Felister Maria Kwamboka, who belongs to the Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph Asumbi, plays with children at the nursery school that is part of the Baragoi Catholic Mission in Samburu County, northern Kenya. The school provides a safe space for children from all the tribes in Baragoi to learn and play. (Lourine Oluoch) Baragoi, Kenya — May 13, 2025 The journey to Baragoi, some 550 km from Nairobi in Samburu County, northern Kenya, is challenging.

3 weeks ago | globalsistersreport.org | Lourine Oluoch

The journey to Baragoi, some 550 km from Nairobi in Samburu County, northern Kenya, is challenging. From the county headquarters in Maralal, travelers must board one of only two buses that brave the route or they must climb into one of the few land cruisers (owned by nongovernmental organizations or by the government) going that way. Buses are full of passengers and loaded with goods transported to Baragoi and countless markets along the way. The journey is torturous.

Mar 13, 2024 | ncronline.org | Lourine Oluoch

Every day, Hilda Shile, a mentor at the DREAM Center in the Lang'ata suburb of Nairobi, makes calls to about 14 people, reminding them to take their medication. She also goes through a list, reminding those with upcoming appointments to keep them and contacting those with missed appointments to find out why they hadn't come to the clinic. "I have those who take drugs at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., six in the morning. I call them and motivate them.

Mar 13, 2024 | globalsistersreport.org | Lourine Oluoch

Every day, Hilda Shile, a mentor at the DREAM Center in the Lang'ata suburb of Nairobi, makes calls to about 14 people, reminding them to take their medication. She also goes through a list, reminding those with upcoming appointments to keep them and contacting those with missed appointments to find out why they hadn't come to the clinic. "I have those who take drugs at 7 a.m., 8 a.m., six in the morning. I call them and motivate them.