2003 Kikuyu Group in the Masai Mara Game Reserve
The Davidson in Kikuyu Program began in 1999 and is led by Dr. Jeremiah Putnam, Premedical Director and Professor of Biology at Davidson College. The month-long summer program features a unique hands-on medical and service experience for pre-medical students.
The program allows students to intern at the Presbyterian Church East Africa Kikuyu Hospital, fifteen miles outside of Nairobi, Kenya. In the hospital, students have the opportunity to scrub in for surgeries, follow physicians on rounds, and even assist with certain procedures. In addition to hands-on medical experience, students have the opportunity to do community service at various local orphanages by working with AIDS orphans. Students prepare for the summer program by taking a biology seminar in the spring concerning human diseases prevalent in developing countries.
Please visit the Photo Gallery below to see what adventures the 2003 Kikuyu Group had! (The 2003 group included April Barnado '05, George Edwards '04, Liz Mannino '05, Michael Megison '04, Susan Ripper '05, Bryan Stonestreet '04, and Jennifer Swails '04.)
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Kikuyu Group 1999 |
Kikuyu Group 2000 |
Kikuyu Group 2001 |
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Kikuyu Group 2002 |
Kikuyu Group 2003 |
Kikuyu Group 2004 Coming Soon! |
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Susan, Liz, and April having dinner at the Ifield Hotel near Gatwick |
Jenn, April, Liz, and Susan in central London |
Liz, Jenn, April, and Susan at the White Cliffs of Dover |
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Susan feeding a giraffe at a conservation center |
A Sunday lunch at the Carnivore that included warthog meatballs, zebra, and antelope |
The group with our fearless leader Dr. Putnam at the Carnivore |
Our wonderful hosts - Salvador and Irma de la Torre |
Our duplex home while in Kikuyu |
The mosquito nets we grew so fond of |
Ready to go to the hospital |
A great acacia tree near our duplex in Kikuyu |
Riding in one of the hospital's private vans |
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Our first day at the hospital for orientation and a tour |
Meeting with the head nurses on the first day |
Walking from the duplex to the hospital |
Dr. Murila, orthopedic surgeon |
April and Susan with Dr. Kavaludi, general surgeon |
The group in the beautiful gardens between the wards of the hospital |
The "theatre" where general surgery takes place |
The orthopedic ward |
The pediatric ward |
One of the ambulances in front of the "theatre" and casualty unit |
The chapel at the Kikuyu Hospital |
The Kikuyu Presbyterian Church East Africa across from the Kikuyu Hospital |
George and Bryan singing and dancing with the children |
April singing with the children |
Jenn painting the new center for the AIDS orphans |
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Liz painting |
The children with their teacher Rose welcoming us to their church |
Some of the children at the Lénguti Orphanage |
Bryan blowing bubbles with the Lénguti orphans |
Liz blowing bubbles with the Lénguti orphans |
Michael with the Lénguti orphans during "exercise time" |
The Kikuyu school and orphanage |
Some of the children at the Kikuyu Orphanage |
 Our humble abode in Amboseli in the style of a Masai manyatta |
George, Michael, Jenn, Dr. Putnam, Susan, and April (clockwise) during Friday dinner |
 Michael, Mrs. and Mr. Muchane, and Arthur having a bush dinner |
 George and a Masai warrior on a nature walk |
A moment in time |
Our fearless leaders Dr. Putnam and Mur Muchane |
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Cheetah crossing |
Up close encounter with the rhinos |
Hippo on the banks of the Mara River near our safari camp |
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The lion sleeps tonight |
Crocodile on the banks of the Mara River |
April and Jenn with the Masai women |
