Nantucket Current: Four Island Nurses Embarking On Mission Trip To Kenya This Fall

This fall, Aya Scholar and labor & delivery nurse, Carly Engleka, will travel to Kenya for a mission trip along with three other nurses. The mission is led by American Foundation for Children with AIDS, a non-profit that provides critical support to infected and affected HIV+ children and their caregivers.

“The hospital the nurses will be working at is called Mother Amadea Mission Hospital, which is located in Mombasa, Kenya. The hospital is a registered non-profit, faith-based health facility owned and managed by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The goal of this hospital is to provide accessible and affordable health services to the residents.”

“I’m excited to just come back, see how different it was, and see how lucky we are here,” Engleka said. “I’m really excited for that part of it. I feel like it is going to be super rewarding and give us good perspective.”

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