|
Our Charis Family
Lucy Muchiri
Hello Charis Friends!
As a Registered Nurse/Midwife, I had numerous
opportunities to help my friends, their sisters and
friends through their pregnancy, labor and childcare
even before my own children came. The realization
that allowed it be, the woman’s body can do what it
knows best to do while birthing sunk in deeper after
the birth of my second child. I have three children
and have had numerous birth experiences ranging from
induction, natural birth, Caesarian section,
retained placenta, preterm baby…my husband has been
there all through to support me.
As I was giving these services I identified the
following:
- The urban educated woman in Nairobi, the capital
city of Kenya had no source of Practical
information. Due to the fact that her parents,
friends and other relatives were busy, left her
alone to adjust to her new life with little and
sometimes no information.
- The increasing medical and technological care with
hospital births left the woman with little or no
confidence in her own ability to birth. Women needed
coaching on pregnancy, birthing and childcare.
- The women had no source of emotional and moral
Support before, during and after birth I then put
together the dream and vision of
eve’smama in February 2009. The main aim of
starting this company was to coach, empower and
support women in all areas that pertain to their
becoming mothers. I knew that as a midwife I had the
knowledge and experience necessary to coach and care
for women and their spouses during birth. Being a
mother gave me the opportunity to perfect the
knowledge.
Eve’s Mama started with privately organized
individual coaching on pregnancy, birth and child
care, childbirth classes and labor support. Eve’s
Mama has grown to a full fledged midwife led
practice caring for women in Nairobi. The services
are home based and include, pre-pregnancy, pregnancy
and postnatal care, Childbirth preparation classes,
labor support, mama groups and homebirths.
Most midwives in Nairobi’s private setting work with
an obstetrician. Working independently is not common
but I have decided to set the pace for other
midwives. My goal is to give expectant and new
mothers the power they need to go through their
child’s birth and have a great memory of their
journey.
Nyaggah and Lucy Muchiri and their babies
We are honored to have Lucy as part of our Charis
family! She has selflessly agreed to work with
our beloved student Jannekah and others to help
bring up a new generation of skilled midwives in a
country where the need is great! Thank
you and God Bless you Lucy!
~Newsletter Editor
|
Charis Cuisine
Summer Garden Gazpacho
This is what I concocted for dinner and we loved it so much that
I made a second batch as soon as we finished off the first!
I was hoping to have some left over for lunch tomorrow, but it
doesn’t look like that will happen. Enjoy!
~Kristin Schuchmann
Ingredients:
4
cups of diced watermelon, seeds removed
3 medium tomatoes, diced, seeds removed
1 or 2 small chili peppers (jalapeno, serrano, or your favorite)
1 large cucumber, diced, seeds removed
1/4 of a small red onion, diced
1/4 C extra virgin olive oil
2 tsp red wine vinegar
1/2 tsp sea salt
fresh dill, chopped
freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
Place 2 cups of the watermelon and all other ingredients except
the dill and ground pepper into blender and blend until smooth.
Pour into bowls and top with the remaining diced watermelon,
fresh dill, and ground pepper. ENJOY!!!
Heat Note: If you like your food mild, omit the peppers or
use one jalapeno without seeds. If you like medium heat, add two
chili peppers without the seeds. If you like it hot, leave
in the seeds or use a pepper with even more heat. We used
two red chilies from our garden, without seeds, and it was a
“pleasant medium”. When my kids make this for themselves
in the future, they will surely add more heat.
Rose enjoying MORE of the gazpacho at 10 p.m.!
I think it’s past your bedtime, sweetie!
|
