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Dr Faith Odwaro - My zeal to become a surgeon was inspired by Dr. Nicholas Tinega, a senior surgeon whom I worked with. He challenged me to go for surgery & I did. In retrospect, I do not think I would have enjoyed any other specialty in medicine.

Dr. Odwaro is passionate about social change.

She is on a journey to promote, educate and advocate for equity in accessing timely and safe surgery for all. She is a member of the Paul Farmer Program for Global Surgery and Social Change fellow at Harvard Medical School. She established The Mazira Foundation while in second year of medical school and developed it into a full institution. The foundation seeks to give hope to the underprivileged in society by providing them with preventative medical care.

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This week is for the soft-spoken Maxine Wahome. Her desire is to be the biggest Rally Driver in Kenya, Africa and in the world. After conquering the track on her KTM Bike, finding her way around the Auto cross circuit in a Subaru Impreza GC8, the soft-spoken Maxine Wahome  threw herself into the deep end to battle it out as the only Female driver in the WRC Safari Rally.Maxine Wahome teamed up with seasoned navigator Chantal Young as they tackled the dusty route of Naivasha and Nakuru and battled in a predominantly male dominated rally. Maxine said “I’d like to start my own riding school for women just like Ashley Fiolek. More https://bit.ly/3r74SWt

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This week we celebrate the 89 members of the Kenya Olympics team. The Tokyo Olympics officially opened on July 23rd. Team Kenya was led by its overall Captain Eunice Sum and her deputy and Shujaa captain Andrew Amonde. About 11,000 athletes from 204 participating nations were expected to compete in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
Kenya is an athletics powerhouse and boasts some of the world's top athletes. Team Kenya sent a formidable squad for the Games that included marathon distance world record holders Eliud Kipchoge who successfully defended his Olympic title from Rio and Brigid Kosgei. Kenya won both the men’s and women’s marathons becoming the first nation to do so. Also, among the Olympians was Ferdinand Omanyala who made history by qualifying in the 100m semifinal with a 10.00 seconds run, a new national record.
While Kenya did not perform well in the non-field and athletic events, our medal collection was officially opened by the African 3000m steeplechase champion Benjamin Kigen who bagged bronze in the men's 3000m steeplechase and Hellen Obiri who settled for silver in the women’s 5000m race. Kenya’s first gold came on August 4, 2021, after Emmanuel Korir blasted through to win the men’s 800 metres race.
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This week we celebrate Ms Doreen Moraa Moracha who is happily living positively with HIV. Doreen has taken to social media to encourage others to take up living well with medication and helping fight the stigma against people living with HIV. She was profiled by WHOAFRO as a “Tea on HIV” champion which was showcased at ICASA 2019 , She is a member of the Beijing +25 Youth Task Force under UN-Women and she was also recently selected to join the Beyond Living life force by GNP+ and partners. 
 Doreen was part of the COVID 19 and Young people Project by UNICEF and Y+ Global – she has worked with GNP+ on developing tools to be used for implementation of UHC among communities of people Living with HIV.
As of 2020, 1.5 million Kenyans are living with HIV and 75% of adults with HIV are on antiretroviral treatment.  More https://bbc.in/3xinmWD 

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This week we salute athlete Asiya Mohammed Sururu from Mombasa, Kenya. Asiya was involved in a train accident at the age of two that left her physically disabled. She plays wheelchair tennis, badminton and Para-rowing. She took up para-rowing in December 2018 and qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Paralympics in October 2019 .To have trained for just a year and made it to the world’s most prestigious event in a sport that demands stamina, endurance and strength is not only heroic but also inspirational. Asiya is the only Kenyan rower to have qualified for the Tokyo Paralympics. More https://bit.ly/3sANM28
 
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