Hi everybody,
Thank you all for your e-cards and emails for my birthday. I had a fantastic day. In the morning we did shoppings (and internet)and baked 'boterkoek' and 'oliebollen'. It was pouring rain so for a moment I was afraid that no one would come (the world stops here when it rains) but at 15.00 the rain stopped and the people came; 54 adults and children so that was a house full of friends. In the evening we ate steak with potato salad so we had a good-food day.
Today we are in guerra again but this time right behind the house of our collegues Victor and Lori. They asked us to come back after we succesfully treated three kids for worms. So today was another worm-day: teaching about prevention of worms and the treatment of it with a drama and a short lesson. And then we treated about 50 people for worms. There were also quite a few with fungal problems on their scalp (usually poor hygiene).
We had a wonderful time and the community was really glad that we came out to help. It is strange to see how few people go to the health posts on their own. They just believe it is witchcraft so the remedy should also be found in that. So they just wait and go the witchdoctor and leave the child suffering.
Right now we are going to the anglican diocese to hear more about their HIV/AIDS project and see if we can visit it (apparantly their work is quite far out of town). We will see. It is strange to plan the last two weeks and think of debriefing and going home.
I am sure everybody will be happy to see their family again so prepare: they are coming soon!!!
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