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Killer in the Kitchen
Posted in Environmental protection, Fresh news, Health Care
When our immediate neighbors light their backyard wood burning firepit to enjoy cool Ohio autumn evenings with a sip of wine and good company, I sequester myself in the house with windows shut to prevent a coughing fit that I will inevitably have from inhaling firewood smoke. Of course, when our neighbors invite us to join them, I apologetically decline their invitation because I do not want to ruin their peaceful social evening with my incessant cough [...]
Open your eyes – for the children of Nepal with a mobile eye clinic through the mountains
Posted in Health Care, School and education
As part of the health care for the schoolchildren, Back to Life also has the boys and girls examined by an ophthalmologist. Using a type of outpatient mobile eye clinic, our team travels or walks with the doctor from school to school in remote areas [...]
Help for those who don’t get help
Posted in Health Care
It only takes seconds and the weather changes. Thick fog blocks any view of the Kolti airstrip in Mugu [...]
Month after month – becoming a woman shouldn’t be torture
Posted in Health Care
With the taboo subject of menstruation, we are addressing girls directly in schools. In the process, we discovered that they know absolutely nothing about their periods [...].