Thanks to Kitchen Table Charities Trust, Bramuel was able to go out yesterday and purchase 3 pieces of medical laboratory equipment for Arrow Web Hospital; a hematology analyzer, a bacteriological incubator, and a Biochemistry Colorimeter. He is working on getting it all set up now.

He has contacted NHIF and requested that they send an official out to the hospital for their next accreditation inspection. This will take place on 3/19/09.

Hi everyone! I was able to talk to Min this evening very briefly. He was utilizing a friend's laptop on battery to check in. He has not been able to check his email due to lack of electricity and he does not have his laptop with him during this visit. He also was not able to bring the digital camera, so picture updates will have to wait until he gets back to Kathmandu to scan in the photo's he's taken.

The rest of the medical supplies have arrived in Nairobi. Unfortunately, Bramuel is having difficulty getting them to agree to release the boxes to him, despite the fact that he provided the exact same documentation last week for the first two and they handed those over just fine. For more information about what is happening, please refer to Alison's blog:

http://avifvolunteers.blogspot.com/2009/02/corruption-or-bureaucracy.htm...

If anyone has a specific person we might contact for assistance with getting these released, please let us know as soon as possible.

Thank you!

Jennifer