Flying Medical Service, a great little NGO for which I flew more than 6 years…
A doctor inspects a baby. It’s amazing what can be achieved with 3 boxes of supplies. The people we treat live far away from any facility and still , from these remote clinics, we rarely fly a patient out to the nearest hospital. The doctors manage to cure most cases.
Curious visitors on lake Natron.
A medical hut in bricks, the only one in the 25 villages we visit.
A Sonjo mother waits with her child.
Maasai warriors playing and posing for my benefit, and theirs as they will receive a few prints later. I made a point not to give any money but prints to each model.
Women come from a long way to attend the clinics.
We get to land in the most stunning landscapes, here in the Rift Valley near the active volcano Lengai
I had just flew this man from the hospital back home. He still had difficulties to walk and was waiting for friends or relatives to carry him home.
A lone tree serves as a clinic spot.
I had had a brake problem so TJ, a former colleague, came to swap planes.
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