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ABC-L: A Burundian Choking Lesson
Some associate ABC (medically) with Airway, Breathing, Circulation. For just this short, consider the ABCs to be: A Burundian Choking Lesson. Young adults sponsored through Sister Connection are learning vital first aid skills to apply to family, friends, and neighbors. https://sisterconnection.org/ Choking hazards can often be resolved with first aid before it becomes life-threatening. Learn how…
Read MoreBurundians Helping Burundians Through Sister Connection First Aid.
https://youtube.com/shorts/s2fI8G96Y0o?si=sbhzoU9gn6zCTfnv Young adult orphans are learning first aid, including major wound care. There is value to human life. These amazing young adults are affirming value to Burundian life. Please sponsor a widow or help support our First aid efforts at: http://sisterconnection.org I just returned from Burundi, Africa. While there I had the privilege of…
Read MoreFirst Aid Seems Common. But What if it’s Not Common? Sister Connection in Burundi, Africa is Helping
First aid often seems common for most of us. But what if it’s not common? What if it is rarely taught, and mostly unavailable where we live? That is the reality for the people living in Burundi, Africa. Sister Connection has been uplifting widows and orphans for 2 decades, and has recently begun to offer…
Read MoreThe Heart is Hurting. Widows are Wounded. Sister Connection is helping, and so can you.
Burundi has suffered through several civil wars over numerous decades. This has ravaged the land and left behind countless widows and orphans. Sister Connection was founded by Burundians, with assistance from Americans, back in 2006 to bring dignity, hope, and restored lives to a growing number of widows and orphans in the land called, “The…
Read MoreBurundi is called the Heart of Africa. The Heart is Hurting.
Burundi has been called the Heart of Africa. Yet it is often overlooked by the world at large and even Africa as a continent. “Above all else guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 Burundi is an amazing and critical place in Africa filled with wonderful people who need our…
Read MoreContinued adventures from Burundi, Africa in 2024
In August of 2024 I returned to Burundi, Africa with a two-prong goal. First, I was reconnecting with 6 young adult orphans involved with Sister Connection https://sisterconnection.org/ who I have not only taught first aid skills to but have invited them on the adventure of learning. how to become teachers of the curriculum I created…
Read More“For the life of a (Living Being) is in the Blood” (Leviticus 17:11). Blood flow = Life!
Since September of 2022, I have been facilitating a WhatsApp group which includes 4 Young Adult Burundian orphans who have been trained by me in basic first aid. It has been an amazing adventure and remarkable learning experience for all involved. Several months ago, one young man (I will call him Mosher) shared an experience…
Read MoreAugust 2022 – Burundi Africa – continuation of teaching First aid to unskilled orphans in Sister Connection.
“You’re so ignorant!” How often have we heard someone in America use that phrase? It seems that many use it as some ultimate put down; a pronouncement of some superior ability and/or intelligence from the person making the claim. Ignorance has nothing to do with ability or intelligence. It simply speaks of a lack of…
Read MoreBurundi, Africa
Shawn was commissioned to research, write, and teach a basic first aid class for widows and orphans associated with Sister Connection in Burundi Africa http://sisterconnection.org The Initial teaching took place in April of 2022. Shawn is returning in August of 2022 working with a select few from the original group who want to learn more…
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