Roy and Bridgit Brandt are excited to go to Kenya. This will be Roy's third trip and Bridgit's first. Roy is an optician at Dr. Fitzgerald and Associates, and Bridgit is a customer service representative at an auto finance company. They are members of Noelridge Park Church in Cedar Rapids, as well as the ScinergyIA Scion Owners' Club.
Roy will be installing and calibrating an edger for the optometry lab at the Kenyan clinic. He will be training the local Kenyan staff to operate the edger, so they will be able to manufacture eyeglasses. He will also be assisting optometrist Dr. Rob Kingus in establishing a small dispensary area in the optometry clinic. This will display eyeglass frames so patients can choose their own frames, and then the lab can custom fit lenses for the frames. Roy will also be assisting Dr. Kingus and Dr. Fitzgerald with eye exams and fitting eyeglasses for patients.
Bridgit will be interviewing team members and posting updates and pictures to the blog during the trip. She will also be assisting with distributing the Duduza (comfort) dolls and photo-documenting each child with their very own doll. For more information on the Duduza dolls, please click here.
Roy has been to Kenya twice with Dr. Fitzgerald, and cannot wait to return again. The chance to serve those who would not have had access to routine eye care is an opportunity he could not ignore. Roy also enjoys using his skills to train native Kenyans to help their own people after the team is gone.
Bridgit has heard Roy's first-hand accounts of the Kenyan people and the clinic in KipKarin. She loves hearing his stories about the Kenyan people, from sharing “chai” with Mama Chiri, to the beautiful singing (in Swahili) during the church service. Bridgit is excited to immerse herself in a different culture and to appreciate the simple life of the Kenyan people.
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