There are a few moments in life when you know you've been in the presence of greatness...Ned and I were immediately struck with the incredible Dr. Agnes Binagwaho. Ned had the fortune of meeting Dr. Agnes while in Rwanda earlier in the year. She agreed to act as our pediatrician (at that time she was the Rwandese appointee to the World Health Organization on AIDS).
As we meet her on our last night in Kigali, she has now been appointed to the highest non-political post in the Ministry of Health in Rwanda - wow! Her energy and quick-as-a-fox humor are contagious! Lucky for us she was between jobs and had three hours to spend sipping wine and eating samosas (my new favorite - shredded lamb and herbs neatly packed in a triangular dough).
Dr. Agnes completed Alliette's medical exam before we even arrived in Rwanda and would not accept payment. We told her we would be happy to pay her usual rate. In her true honorable style, she accepted the payment and then handed it back and asked us to donate it to Mother Teresa's Orphanage...
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