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Update Email No 2 from Marie
Didn't expect a monsoon but at least I got a good shower out of it :-)
Ole oh-ti-ah! (How are you :-)
So just a quick update for you all as I dont have much time.
I started work last Monday in a small health clinic in the next town. The Sister in charge is quite a character. She wears a white dress uniform and little white hat/ rolled up doyley. She's really nice to me though strict on the patients. All day Monday I just helped dish out tablets. But on Wednesday I got stuck in as I vaccinated loads of babies. It was a very busy and hectic day with screaming kids everywhere.
On the Tuesday, I was way out in the country side and we visited one family with a child on the HIV empowerment programme. Which was great to see because the lil boy seemed healthy and happy. I learned all about the different medication as well as helping the mother collect water from the well. She could carry a 10lt bottle on her head. Had a quick go but only lasted a few steps. Kinda hard to balance :-) The father then showed me around the different crops they grow from coffee beans and vanllia to the green savory bananas called matoko. After lunch, I helped the general volunteers who started building a three roomed house. Got to help dig the foundations and we had several lines of brick passing. This was really great fun cos I really felt like I was doing something.
That evening, I made my own way home in a Matato (the taxi/bus) and talked to a kind old guy who told me about how our countries are so similar. I got home in a good mood only to find out that one of the Nurses broke her ankle in three places. She was in the hospital all that day waiting to be seen and then getting it relocated. Only it wouldn't. Herself and her son had to go home. They left yesterday from the airport but because of a storm in Amsterdam they're still waiting for their flight.
Thursday morning I was in the library. Which really is a small out-house with a big yard to play in. I was helping divide out food for the families with HIV, this ensures the children get enough nutrition to keep them healthy. Then in the afternoon, we visited a school teaching them about first aid. My topic was choking which was great fun with all the kids acting it out. Did the same on Friday.
After work we headed straight for the Market! Which was crazy. Packed with stalls and people everywhere. What made it worst was that we were white so everyone was shouting at us thinking we're really rich. I bought some nice material for a euro which I'm gonna turn in to a dress. Most of it looked like it was second hand but washed and shined. We enjoyed the rest of the day sipping pineapple soda's til the sun went down and then headed home to give the Nurse and her son a party to remember. Their was loads dancing and some break dancing.
I started my own project. I started to paint a shed in the library with a lil help. We finished the outline and we're gonna get the kids to color it in. Im quite happy with it. It'll be great when its done. It rained today, really really rained and all last night there was a thunder and lightning storm. I got to wash my hair though. Aka. I stuck my head under the stream of water draining off the roof.
Thats about it :-)
I love and miss you all
Marie
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