New Zealanders Neil and Tania Murray

cbm co-workers in West Africa

cbm co-workers Neil and Tania Murray provide stories of their personal experiences of working in West Africa as medical and technical advisors. It sheds light into both the challenges of working in the region and the positive outcomes that hard work and dedication can bring.  The husband and wife team from New Zealand provide a glimpse into life with the double disadvantage of poverty and disability.

Neil Murray is an opthalmologist and his wife Tania a hospital administrator.  For nearly three years, they provided medical and technical expertise to a new eye hospital in Togo, called John Paul II Eye Hospital, and provided assistance to projects across 14 other countries in West Africa.  The following exerpts are from those experiences.

You can also read the World Sight Day article about the Murrays.

Disclaimer: Opinions and perspectives in the following narratives are those of Neil and Tania Murray, not of cbm New Zealand or cbm international, and do not reflect the experiences of all cbm medical advisors or co-workers, or activity and procedures of other cbm projects around the world.

Entry 1 - Arrival in Togo

Entry 2 - Reviewing cbm projects

Entry 3 - John Paul II Eye Hospital

Entry 4 - The Rainy Season

Entry 5 - Moving Ahead

Entry 6 - The Rain Subsides

Entry 7 - Political Instability and Changes

Entry 8 - Returning Down Under