By Donna

It was a blessing to attend the graduation ceremony held at the Nairobi Education Center for the 2012/2013 class of Emergency Medical Technicians graduates. Beautifully, it began with a word of prayer, dedicating the lives of the graduates to the Lord in service to their fellow man, invoking God’s blessing upon their ability to help save lives and requesting wisdom to do the job. The graduates were required to take the EMT’s oath, a solemn pledge to uphold honor, honesty and morality within the profession. Diplomas were distributed and speeches were made. The Kenyan Council of Emergency Medical Technicians is an internationally accredited organization and representatives from the World Health Organization and Bloomberg ‘ s Charities from New York were in attendance.  Kenya is definitely in need of more emergency medical training programs as there are currently only 670 qualified rescue workers in the entire country!   The rate of traffic accidents is very high and with the recent addition of terrorist attacks these trained people are a great asset to the nation.
Joana took part as a graduate and received her card and diploma. Congratulations Joana on a job well done! “

Joana with the diploma