1 00:00:05,200 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 1: Hey, this Sanny and Samantha and don't welcome to stuff 2 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 1: I've never told to your production of I Heart Radio. Okay, Annie, 3 00:00:19,440 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 1: So I do want to ask you before we start 4 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:26,079 Speaker 1: our Women Around the World. Would you consider yourself a 5 00:00:26,120 --> 00:00:31,320 Speaker 1: fixer or a problem solver? Yes? Uh, caveat to that. 6 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: I will also say that I sometimes describe myself as 7 00:00:36,720 --> 00:00:41,920 Speaker 1: someone who creates more problems by trying to solve problems. Um, 8 00:00:41,960 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 1: I'm very, very very eager to solve problems and I 9 00:00:46,720 --> 00:00:51,840 Speaker 1: hate seeing people struggling are in pain. And because of that, 10 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 1: like sometimes I think when people tell me something, all 11 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: they really want is to be heard. But what I 12 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: hear is I have to fix this for you. And 13 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 1: sometimes that's not the case, like it's I just need 14 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 1: to tell you this thing, And it's hard for me 15 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 1: because I'm like my mind is racing trying to think 16 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: of how can I help this person, How can I 17 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: fix this? Do I know anything? That being said, I 18 00:01:19,200 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: am someone who aggressively tackles issues if I am tasked 19 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:31,240 Speaker 1: with it. I'm not tasked with it, perhaps not right, 20 00:01:31,959 --> 00:01:35,840 Speaker 1: but I will try to. I like marking things off 21 00:01:35,880 --> 00:01:39,400 Speaker 1: my list, as you know. I like being someone who 22 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,160 Speaker 1: can just be like, Okay, I've figured this out. We 23 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,000 Speaker 1: don't have to worry about it anymore. I don't have 24 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:47,880 Speaker 1: to worry about it anymore, how about you. Yeah, So 25 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: it's according to the role. Like if someone else is 26 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,360 Speaker 1: taking up that role, then I won't worry about it. 27 00:01:52,400 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: But if there's something that needs to be done, it's 28 00:01:54,160 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: not going to be done or it's not being done, 29 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:58,960 Speaker 1: then I will handle it. And I'm absolutely that same way. 30 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 1: And like project bigger projects, and I'm like, Okay, you 31 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,440 Speaker 1: got this, you got this, And if someone doesn't take 32 00:02:04,520 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: charge to get it organized, I'll do it the same 33 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,000 Speaker 1: way with like if I have something like my phone 34 00:02:10,080 --> 00:02:12,080 Speaker 1: or something that I have around, I will try to 35 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:13,920 Speaker 1: see if I can fix it first. Like that is 36 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:17,360 Speaker 1: my mentality if we're having issues. So one of the 37 00:02:17,400 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: things in my old job was trying to have innovative 38 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 1: ideas to get to solve big impact issue. So let's 39 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:27,760 Speaker 1: say we had a really huge problem with families being 40 00:02:27,800 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 1: able to transport kids to therapy. So one of the 41 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 1: things that I had to do was look around to 42 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,880 Speaker 1: see what we could do as in home therapy, how 43 00:02:36,919 --> 00:02:39,560 Speaker 1: we can provide funding, what routes we can do in 44 00:02:39,639 --> 00:02:41,680 Speaker 1: order to get all that, like that was something that 45 00:02:41,720 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: was a part of my job. So for me those 46 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:48,040 Speaker 1: level of problems, yes, at the same time, like when 47 00:02:48,120 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 1: it comes to like friendship stuff typically like if someone 48 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: is going through issues, I will be there to listen. 49 00:02:53,080 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: But I also have that problem solver thing as well 50 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,320 Speaker 1: with being a social worker and be like, let me 51 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: tell you what this might which is not always welcome 52 00:03:03,760 --> 00:03:06,960 Speaker 1: and rightfully so. But when it came to the community stuff, 53 00:03:06,960 --> 00:03:09,480 Speaker 1: I tried as best as I could and trying to 54 00:03:09,520 --> 00:03:14,200 Speaker 1: get some effective things. And honestly, the reason I wanted 55 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 1: to bring this up and we're gonna talk a little 56 00:03:15,800 --> 00:03:17,640 Speaker 1: bit more is because this has kind of been a 57 00:03:17,760 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: theme for our specific Women around the World edition today. 58 00:03:21,520 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: And the woman we're talking about who is a doctor 59 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,919 Speaker 1: out of Kenya who not only makes an amazing amount 60 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,120 Speaker 1: of impact and healthcare in her community, but the overall 61 00:03:32,160 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 1: health and lives of mothers and expect that mothers around 62 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: her community also, and who we are speaking about specifically 63 00:03:38,600 --> 00:03:41,960 Speaker 1: is Dr Jemima Karaoke, And yeah, she has a really 64 00:03:42,040 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: fascinating story. Yes, and the reason we are talking about 65 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: problem solvers is because Dr Karayuki, her overall determination as 66 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: a healer and as a woman in the community has 67 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: helps solve so many issues for women that could be 68 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 1: detrimental on so many levels. Dr Karayuki is a doctor 69 00:03:56,880 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 1: of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the Kenyatta National Hospital at 70 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:04,119 Speaker 1: the University of Nairobi, and she specializes in preventative medicine, 71 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 1: but focuses on the issues dealing with maternal and child 72 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:11,240 Speaker 1: health right and not only that. After the post elected 73 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: violence in two thousand seven in Kenya where over a 74 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,719 Speaker 1: thousand people were killed and over five hundred thousand people 75 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 1: were displaced after this controversial presidential election, Dr Karaoke started 76 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: the Peace Club and then also started the Public Health Club, 77 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,640 Speaker 1: which among other things, helps run a cervical cancer prevention 78 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: drive and she has so many things within that clinic 79 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:34,440 Speaker 1: to try to bring awareness to this type of cancer. 80 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: But she has also continued her work in creating solutions 81 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:42,600 Speaker 1: to problems that continue to endanger the women of our community, 82 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,719 Speaker 1: especially as the pandemic has affected the country. After reading 83 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:48,800 Speaker 1: an article about a woman who died because she was 84 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: not able to get care due to the COVID nineteen 85 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:55,799 Speaker 1: restrictions and curfew, that's when Dr Karaoke decided that something 86 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: needed to happen and she needed to fix the situation, 87 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 1: and it didn't take long for her to start the 88 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:04,560 Speaker 1: Wheels of Life program, which provides free ambulance services for 89 00:05:04,680 --> 00:05:08,000 Speaker 1: mothers in labor after dark. After seeing incidents like the 90 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: woman who died after not being able to go out 91 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:12,880 Speaker 1: after curfew and if a man beaten to death by 92 00:05:12,920 --> 00:05:15,719 Speaker 1: police for violating curfew if you're trying to drive a 93 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 1: woman in labor to the hospital, she pushed to find 94 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: a safe way for women to get the care they 95 00:05:21,440 --> 00:05:24,920 Speaker 1: need to safely give birth right and a service includes 96 00:05:25,240 --> 00:05:28,080 Speaker 1: a call center that offers services ranging from being able 97 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:30,800 Speaker 1: to talk with doctors to talk about the pregnancy, or 98 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,279 Speaker 1: a free ambulance service to take them to a clinic 99 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:36,960 Speaker 1: because that's not available. Ambulances are not available for many 100 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: of those who I need and within the first year 101 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: they have received over a hundred thousand calls seeking help 102 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:47,080 Speaker 1: and guidance while they were pregnant. And of course this 103 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:50,120 Speaker 1: has brought much recognition for her hard work and advocacy, 104 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:53,760 Speaker 1: including being named BBCs on Women in twenty twenty and 105 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:57,240 Speaker 1: just recently given the twenty one Global Health award for 106 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:01,000 Speaker 1: her contribution to advance in global health. She stated in 107 00:06:01,040 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: receiving her award, I am excited beyond imagination as I 108 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,719 Speaker 1: never dreamt or saw anything like this coming, an acknowledgment 109 00:06:07,720 --> 00:06:10,040 Speaker 1: of something humble that I started only a year ago 110 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 1: out of the frustrations that I felt for the many 111 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 1: mothers who lost their lives and babies because they couldn't 112 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 1: access a health facility. And as for the future, she 113 00:06:19,000 --> 00:06:22,479 Speaker 1: says she hopes to see the organization integrated in the 114 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:24,800 Speaker 1: health care system, but for now she is happy with 115 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: how it's going and to show the women that they 116 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: are not alone and that quote they need to know 117 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,279 Speaker 1: they can safely deliver in clinics despite the pandemic and 118 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:36,360 Speaker 1: that they have help at hand. Right and we've seen 119 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: the story time and time again where COVID and the 120 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 1: pandemic and quarantine has caused such mass havoc. There was 121 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:45,800 Speaker 1: a lot of regression essentially, and so many of the 122 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:49,160 Speaker 1: things that have been doing well, such as maternal morbidity 123 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:51,839 Speaker 1: rates uh they were going down for a little while 124 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,320 Speaker 1: in Kenya, and now because of the pandemic and because 125 00:06:54,360 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: of car FEUs, it caused another rise in those senseless deaths, 126 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 1: and we've seen access has been limited because of that 127 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: as well, and it continues to be an issue everywhere, 128 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:08,280 Speaker 1: not just out in Africa and or we've I think 129 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:10,760 Speaker 1: we've talked about India, and we've talked about Pakistan before 130 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: how it's been affecting them for a while now. Um, 131 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: in the US we see it time and time again. 132 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:19,560 Speaker 1: We've talked about reservations being impacted on US soil and 133 00:07:19,600 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 1: how they're not getting the care that they deserve and 134 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 1: that they need as well, and it seems to be 135 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: an overall issue we're continuing to talk about as well 136 00:07:27,640 --> 00:07:29,560 Speaker 1: as the fact that it is causing a setback when 137 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:33,120 Speaker 1: it comes to women's rights in general for the entire world. Um. 138 00:07:33,160 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 1: And it's it's really sad that we have to come 139 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 1: back here and have this conversation. But obviously it's women 140 00:07:38,240 --> 00:07:41,920 Speaker 1: like Dr Karaoke who are making a difference and solving 141 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:45,160 Speaker 1: these problems one step at a time. So it's phenomenal 142 00:07:45,200 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: to be able to talk about what she and people 143 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: like her are doing. Yeah. Absolutely, Um. Just the other 144 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:56,840 Speaker 1: day I was thinking about our pre COVID episodes where 145 00:07:56,840 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: we were talking about like how the future is going 146 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,200 Speaker 1: for women, and then COVID happens and now we're like, 147 00:08:04,240 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: it's setting women so far back, and it's really disheartening 148 00:08:07,920 --> 00:08:10,960 Speaker 1: to see. Oh so these are the issues where we're 149 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: just willing to let so much regress. But it's really 150 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 1: it is really heartening on the other end to see 151 00:08:20,480 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 1: women standing up and fighting to make these issues heard 152 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: and to to continue to push and not let something 153 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:34,320 Speaker 1: like a pandemic just eradicate or completely destroy all the 154 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:40,160 Speaker 1: progress that we've made. Right yes, So, as always, listeners, 155 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:42,880 Speaker 1: please let us know if you think there's someone we 156 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,800 Speaker 1: should cover in this segment. You can email us at 157 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,520 Speaker 1: Stuff Media Mom Stuff at iHeart media dot com. You 158 00:08:48,559 --> 00:08:50,880 Speaker 1: can find us on Instagram and Stuff I've Never Told 159 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:53,440 Speaker 1: You are on Twitter at Months of Podcast. 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