Hello…….. Probably about time I checked in hey! Sorry it's been so long! So my news….. Well I can say it's not quite as exciting as before, but none the less I have been having more valuable and wonderful experiences. I can't really remember when I last wrote so I apologize if I repeat anything…… I ran a brilliant course down in the combo (coastal area) which was very well received, health care workers from all over the district ended up coming and ga...

Imagine a bubble………..Now imagine that bubble has had all the air sucked out of it, and been set on fire!!!That's what I feel I'm living in right now!! I sat at the computer trying to think which one of my stories I'm going to share with you, and I have to say I struggling to think of anything else other than that I'm so hot! My fingers are also disgustingly clammy so they keep on sticking to this key pad! So this whole experience is proving to be quite dif...

-I'm not sure I have ever prayed… but I did today! I'm not sure who, or what I prayed to, but I prayed!.................... Our trekking team of 5 (including myself) assembled this morning and we set of in our truck to a particularly remote village! We arrived, set up and began our days work! Shortly into my antenatal clinic, a small boy runs up to me, pulling on my shirt and asking me to come, he looked a little panicked! I tell Awa (my student) to continue a...

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Hey, I'm not sure where to start really... i was going to write about the fantastic weekend that i had, but now i can only think about the last 24hours! i think i will try and talk a little about my weekend, even if only to give you guys a slightly more balanced picture of my time out here, its really not all terrible (although after today i think maybe it is!) Also i feel the need to apologize, i had kind ...

Hello, such a nice surprise to be able to use the Internet! i have to warn you though, that it it particularly dodgy, It is something half resembling a computer and has been rigged up by a Cuban doctor, so will see how it goes! So where to start... my journey here was pretty exciting, well at first anyhow, but it soon became torturous! it was long, the road was rubbish, it was boiling hot and the truck was so crowded, and every few hundred yards we were stopped ...