Chartered Institute of Enviromental Health

By Vicky Jackson-hopps

In July 2005, Les Milne, Vicky Jackson –Hopps and Muriel Armstrong attended the Public health Conference in Mombassa. As part of the Northern Centre delegation Vicki Jackson-Hopps and Les Milne presented the book along with other publications to Alfred Lang’at, Chief Public Health Officer of Kenya.

Following the conference Vicki, Les and Muriel returned to Nairobi where they picked up a vehicle and drove to Ndhiwa, in western Kenya, via the Masai Mara National Park. As with all intrepid explorers the trip was not without delays, mainly due to vehicle breakdowns including a puncture and broken fan belt on the edge of the “Mara” resulting in 2 hours being spent in a typical Masai village being entertained by the locals and “persuaded” to buy their handicrafts!

Once in Ndhiwa visits were made to the Acorn Community Hospital and local schools to enable an environmental health needs assessment to be carried out.

On Saturday 17^th September Vicki held a garden fete to raise funds for the CIEH twinning with APHOK and the Acorn Project.  The event was a huge success and raised over £730.