Amref Reconstructed My Life: Carolyne´s Story
(WorldNews Politics)

On Friday, June 22, 2018, we set out on a journey to Njoro, Nakuru County to visit Carolyne Ngesa a beneficiary of Amref`s surgical outreach programme. We stop by her place of work and find her busy making the day count. She seeks permission from her supervisor to talk us. We proceed to her house about two kilometres away and she starts by saying, `The way you see me is not the way I was. My life has been completely transformed.` Carolyne lost both her parents in 2002 when she was nine years old and was left in the care of her grandmother. At the tender age of 11 years, Carolyne was raped by a relative and she conceived in the process. Due to her tender age and failure to access antenatal...