We have now been here for 2 weeks. It feels much more normal and I feel much more comfortable here. We have been mostly going to the clinic with is an hour to two hours drive away depending how many stops we make on the way! The diver always seems to know someone, have somebody to pick up, something to buy... Then there's the boda boda where you ride on the back of a motorbike. Because girls have to wear skirts we ride sideways which is kinda fun! And then the taxis which they pack so full we are practically sitting on knees!
In the clinic we have mostly been observing and getting used to the common diseases out here. We have been able to go into the lab and work in the pharmacy. My favorite parts have without a doubt been the antenatal care. On that outreach we would go out to villages and palpate pregnant women, take their blood pressure, check for danger signs.... We have also done some home visits (HIV positive households or disabled children households). We have made some good friends here, the people are very friendly.
We are leaving on Monday for an island on lake Victoria. I am really looking forward to that.
All the best to all! Have a great summer!
Saturday 12 July 2008
Thursday 3 July 2008
UGANDA!
I arrived safely...we are having an intense time that is for sure! There are so many new things to see and learn. It was quite overwhelming at first. All our team (6 of us) are doing well, we are adjusting to the Afrcain way of life.
We have done antenatal clinics in a rural area and worked in a clinic about an hours drive away. Yesterday i worked in the pharmacy and it was good to familarise myself with local diseases and drugs. Tomorrow we are going to the clinic and working with disabled children. Saturday is free, we may go to town though transport is so crazy and all the town is looking at you when we walk around and trying to sell their produce at the double price so it's not the nicest experience! Sunday we are participating in a service then invited for lunch in the local village. We are now staying at Hopeland, a YWAM base.
It's really a gorgeous country; very lush and fertile. Poverty is evident it is true. We saw some pretty incredible things already... I am glad we have come to help and no just as tourists!
Food has been very good until know: it's tasty. Plaitain bananas, avocados, maize stiff porridge, mangos, pineapples some rice...we probably wont have that much luxury on the islands...
So we are starting slowly and then going more rural. It seems like we have been here for ages already.
We have done antenatal clinics in a rural area and worked in a clinic about an hours drive away. Yesterday i worked in the pharmacy and it was good to familarise myself with local diseases and drugs. Tomorrow we are going to the clinic and working with disabled children. Saturday is free, we may go to town though transport is so crazy and all the town is looking at you when we walk around and trying to sell their produce at the double price so it's not the nicest experience! Sunday we are participating in a service then invited for lunch in the local village. We are now staying at Hopeland, a YWAM base.
It's really a gorgeous country; very lush and fertile. Poverty is evident it is true. We saw some pretty incredible things already... I am glad we have come to help and no just as tourists!
Food has been very good until know: it's tasty. Plaitain bananas, avocados, maize stiff porridge, mangos, pineapples some rice...we probably wont have that much luxury on the islands...
So we are starting slowly and then going more rural. It seems like we have been here for ages already.
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