Among the
things we do, the most solid is training of “Hope” group, formed by women (“mamas”)
from Msitu Wa Tembo. Their motivation and aim to change the health situation
among their relatives and neighbors is huge, and their energy loads our cells.
We prepare seminars on main health topics, and focus on prevention strategies.
Discussing with them is always interesting and then, they are in charge of
spread the word to the five areas of Msitu Wa Tembo.
As we said in
the last post (sorry for long wait…), on 5th of July we set up the
conditions of July and August seminars, together with the ten women from the
group.
In this
week, Isa was in charge of maternal health care seminar, that they had demanded
months ago. Therefore, there was high attendance and expectation. Isa will tell
us more soon. Here, just a picture.
During this
third week, three new volunteers plus one of the local workers joined the team.
They adapted so quickly, and soon they were contributing their vision and
ideas. It has been time of thinking and doing some changes, so having new ideas
was great.
Luis,
Javier Miranda and Alejandro Parra are medical students from University of
Alcalá, while Gasto has experience working with micro-business after his
university studies. Welcome to the team!
In their
first week, Alejandro got to know the local dispensary, working together with
the doctor, nurse, and also Junior (one of the workers for TATU, who spends
some time in our project as well); while Javier, Gasto (and also Luis) took
over the recruitment for the caravan that would happen on following Saturday.
Apart from advertisement, cases that need home based care were identified in
Majengo area. At the same time, I did the same in area B. Walking around under
the sun is tough, but people were very thankful and enthusiastic with our idea
of bringing free primary health care for one day. Therefore, we had always a
big smile at the end of the day.