Saturday, November 3, 2007

Why did the chicken cross the road?

Things are going well here. After my first week, im starting to settle in here. I went on a few followups this week, where we basically walk around a village looking for people who sold bought nets from us to check on how they are being used, what condition they are in and see what type of information they have retained from the education session (where we teach family planning, a little nutrition, codom use, etc.. and talk about malaria). It can be frusterating at times given my lack of knowledge of luganda, and their lack of skill in English, but that is why we have the translators. i often feel like a hindrance, but it is a unique experiance to go into these villages, and see how people live here. At the education session this pas thursday, people litterally stormed us when it was time to buy nets, we sold out of a hundred and fifty nets, and could easily have sold more. The demand and the need for both nets and education in the more rural sections in astounding. After the education session, we were fed a filling meal of sweet potatoes, rice and beans, all typical ugandan fare. (think, heavy on the starch). Next week, more followups and some painting will be in order. seeing as i have minimal (read: none) medical training, i havent yet spent much time in the clinic. I will be helping to put together more famly planning stuff a little later on.
Walking through the villages is great, even when we walk in endless circles looking for a woman when there are two women with the same name living on opposite ends of the village. I have seen more chickens crossing the road here.. i never knew they actually did that! So . why did the chicken cross the road? Send in your best answers please, because ive run out!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

the chicken crossed the road because...of the latest brad pitt movie at the local drive in...