By Rick HowlettA group of University of Louisville medical school students will take part in a mission to Kenya later this summer.Second year medical student Matt Love (pictured with, from left, fellow team members Jessica Drews and Amanda Jo Lott) says the 11 participants will leave for Africa July 20 and return in early August. "We're going to be all over the place, we're going to be in orphanages, doing vaccinations to children there," Love said. "We're going to be doing full physicals on the children in these orphanages. There are several orphanages that will open when we will be over there. So that's part of the duties, we're going to be in clinics and hospitals, a lot of different things while we're over there."Love says one of the leading causes of death among Kenyans under age five is preventable diarrhea, measles and malaria.The group will also bring along a load of medical supplies donated by the U of L Hospital.The trip is being organized by the Kansas-based Mercy and Truth Medical Missions.
Rick Howlett was midday host and the host of LPM's weekly talk show, "In Conversation." He was with LPM from 2001-2023 and held many different titles, including Morning Edition host, Assignment Editor and Interim News Director. He died in August 2023. Read a remembrance of Rick here.