About a month ago, I brought you the story of Kellen and Caroline, two nurses from CURE Kenya who had come on a nurse exchange program to CURE Zambia in September. This past week—after much delay and hunting and searching for the nurses (they’re always very busy)— I’m finally proud to give you the experiences of CURE Zambia’s very own nurses, Precious Tembo and Divine Kanguya.

Divine, a native of Zambia’s Northwestern province, decided to become a nurse because of his respect for the profession. “I’ve been sick before, and I always admired the care nurses gave me,” he said. Divine, who came to CURE Zambia from Lusaka’s University Teaching Hospital, has been with the hospital since 2007.

Precious, who studied at Mufilira School of Nursing in Zambia’s Copperbelt region, has been with CURE Zambia since last year. “I think I had the calling to be a nurse from a young age,” said Precious. “The calling became more urgent as I got older.”

Both nurses were selected earlier this year to participate in the exchange to CURE Kenya. Precious and Divine spent one week in Kijabe observing and participating in the day-to-day duties of the nursing staff at CURE Kenya. Their feedback on the exchange was very interesting.

“One of the things we both noticed was that CURE Kenya is very well staffed,” said Precious. “Another great thing about CURE Kenya is that the nurses live on the hospital compound. It would be great if CURE Zambia had the same thing.”

Divine said that the pace at the CURE Kenya hospital was “extremely fast.” “CURE Kenya primarily deals with orthopedics, while we deal with both neurosurgery and orthopedics,” he added.

While both nurses were only in Kenya for a week, they did get the opportunity to see some of the general life in the country. “The trip to Kenya was very encouraging,” said Divine. “If given the chance I would stay in Kenya—we made so many friends! We loved Kenya!”

“The people were very friendly and sociable, and they made us feel at home,” said Precious.

We at CURE Zambia hope Precious and Divine are not serious about staying in Kenya—They’re a wonderful asset to the CURE Zambia nursing team!