Louisville Medicine Volume 62, Issue 5 | Page 24

THE KINGERYS IN KENYA TAKING THE FIRST STEPS TOWARD GLOBAL HEALTH Aaron Burch Following the global health model of accompaniment (walking alongside local populations while learning together over time) has earned the Kingery’s much love and welcoming from the local tribe. Here a group of children greet Francesca. O n a dirt road lined with mud huts, two Louisville residents walk with native Kenyan villagers. The road slopes up, heading to the peak of Mount Elgon on the Kenya/ Uganda border. As the group walks, families peer out from doors and windows. Some invite the Americans in for tea or offer milk, high praise [