I have spent 4weeks in Mombasa Kenya, I am a 2nd year Student Midwife studying in the UK and decided to come on the Elective Africa as part of my University module along with a friend on maternity wing. We have had the opportunity to work on Antenatal, Labour Ward, Postnatal, Gynae wards + Theater, NBU and have even been to intensive care, we had the choice to spend time where we felt would be appropriate so decided to split our time over the different wards. All the staff couldn't have been more helpful and were eager to help with our learning experience. It is up to you how involved you get clinically but the staff will support you either way we kept an online blog of our hospital experiences which we found helpful to reflect on what had happened each day. The hospital care was very different to that provided in the UK however it is so interesting to experience another culture approach to healthcare. On top of the hospital we spent a lot of time working with children from a local school and had a fantastic time teaching their lessons, playing sports and dancing, we even got carryout swimming lessons for them each week - it is such a rewarding experience and I would love to organize fundraising events when I am back in the UK. Our Safari was AMAZING and was one of the highlights of the trip for me. The whole program was so well organized and the staff are super friendly and couldn't do enough to help make our trip a good one. I would highly recommend that you come on an Elective Africa program and see for yourself how good it is. Thank you Elective Africa!

Laura Ettridge

Oxford Brookes University