Agnes herself is seen above in the Claremorris radio station

Those of you who know that I am a Perry Como fan, will remember my invitation and welcomed you to “my world,” I want to thank you all for your tremendous response. Now I can die happy because I have far exceeded the €1,000 friend challenge. The money received for the Kenyan Vision Project reached €3,838.

Miriam is seen above outside Mutomo Hospital, with John Paul, Áine and a lady who works in the convent

Some children pose for the camera in Mutomo

Because of your generosity, Miriam Kilgarriff and her husband Ian treated over 800 patients for eye problems and referred over 100 more to an eye specialist. Miriam and Ian were loud in their praises for the Mercy hospitality they received. They were also very impressed by the Mercy Mission in action, in the slums of Mukuru in Nairobi.

Many of those involved in the project are seen above
Back:  Miriam Kilgarriff, John Paul Moran with his fiancée Áine, Sister Goretti and the journalist, Brendan Harding
Front:  the Head of the Department, the nurse who runs the Optometry Dept. and Mr Macharia, Head of the Kikuyu Hospital

Likewise, the Mercy Sisters were delighted and appreciative of the great skills used by the young couple.

Sister Goretti Warde, who began the whole project, is seen above with Francis, who did all the driving during the Kenyan visit

The three of us shared our story on Claremorris Community Radio and we three were impressed no end with our interviewer, who was our own Sue Ryder. Pat Kenny look out!

Miriam and her husband Ian, seen above, are delighted to tell their story on the radio

To listen to the story, turn up your speakers and click here for the full broadcast.

Agnes Curley rsm
Western Province