Hi everyone. Andy here.
We've had a very busy time here. The nets are being shipped from one side of the country to the other as we speak. Meanwhile, we've been getting some basic information about malaria rates, as well as birth rates and prenatal visit rates. We went to visit my old Peace Corps village, Thioke Thian. We were greeted warmly by my village family, and we even had our own little wedding there. While we were there, we also noticed that the village pump was broken, and with rainy season delayed, both wells had very little water. The water you could get from the wells was quite dirty, and it was interesting to see my wife, sister and mom learn how to bathe with a bucket bath of this water in the village. We found out that it would cost about 240$ to fix the pump, so everyone in the Netlife team personally donated the money to fix it. A water source is so vitally important to the overall health of the village. Like mosquito nets, a small amount of money here can improve the health of so many people, especially the children.
We also spend some time at the Bandafassi health post. Chrystal and Jesse looked at the books which held information on every general, prenatal and birth visit to the health post over the last 5 years. We didn't have time to write all the information, so we stood there with our cameras, taking pictures of all the pages in the books. Overall, the village trip was good, but we are all quite tired now. We're resting in Kedougou for the next few days. We'll make some more village trips, then take the mosquito nets to the Saraya area.
Be in peace.
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have the rains started at least? i mean, it's JULY . sad to hear about that forage - it was such a nice one. who built it, anyhow? well congrats on the wedding. yo Allah bedu. i hope your rest in kedougou is a good one. hi to darryll, younoussa, and mariama if you can find her.... we looked high and low in november to no avail. miss you guys - meta
ReplyDeleteThe forage pump is now fixed. Rasidi says it works super awesome. I told them next time its broken to sell a couple of cows to fix it. Haven't seen Younoussa yet. Last time I was here, I heard Mariama worked out in Nenefecha. I saw you Boundacoundi babba though. He says almost all of the nets we brought in 2007 are in great shape. This is great, because he has a tendency to ask me for stuff. I've been greeting lots of people for you.
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ReplyDeletemy babba, ASK you for stuff?? no! (haha)
thanks for the updates. i think i may have to take that job in Nenefecha afterall, even if only for mariama's ceeb. i am living vicariously through this blog right now (while trying not to get towed in brooklyn. again. told you car ownership is a p.i.t.a here : ) so keep the updates flowin'. be in peace.
It is great to read about your thought and your aim,s to get inform about malaria rates, birth rates and prenatal visit rates. It sad to read about the condition of village i also have seen many villages all are exact like that, having same condition as you prescribe. problems of raining, dirty water, environment.
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