Save The Mothers!

We had a great day trip out of Kampala to visit Dr. Jean Chamberlain and her family in Mukono. Dr. Jean, a Canadian Obstetrician and Gynecologist, has been living with her family in Uganda for nearly the last decade. In conjunction with the Ugandan Christian University, she has started a Master's level program in Public Health Leadership called "Save the Mothers!". This program is geared towards community leaders and endeavours to bring pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood issues to the forefront of their minds while enabling the leaders to make grass root changes toward safer motherhood in their home communities.

Please check-out Jean's website at:
http://www.savethemothers.org/


Here Jean explains to Glenna how Save the Mothers got off the ground while touring us through the Ugandan Christian University grounds.






Here are Sean and Glenna in front of the UCU Main administrative building. Looks like Oxford, no?





After a few hours of program review and testimonial from current and past students, we headed off the see Jean Chamberlain and Thomas Froese's home at the top of a hill overlooking Mukono. Thomas is a journalist, writer, "engineer", landscaper, interior designer, ... (in fact Jean's description of Thomas' skills was quite extensive). Glenna enjoyed making dinner with Jean while Sean played with the kids in the sandbox! The difference in Africa is that the sand is red and STICKY!


Jean and Thomas have two gorgeous children - Elizabeth and Jonathon (spelling may be off - sorry). The kids are holding dolls made by Sean's mother's CWL group. We provided each of them with three dolls to give to children that they knew who didn't have many toys. Immediately, Elizabeth started making a list of Mukono girls who had very little.














And, how could Glenna resist this cute little face? She stated, "it's so cute I want to just eat it!" ;) Even now she is telling me, "That's my baby!"



After a great meal, partially thanks to I Love New York restaurant in Kampala, we enjoyed a fabulous chocolate fondue and then bid the Froese/Chamberlain family goodnight and headed back to Kampala.

Thanks Jean, Thomas, Elizabeth, and Jonathon for a great day!


Glenna and Sean