Wednesday May 28 2008

by Jennifer

The day started early for three of the medical students with the promise of a digit excision surgery. Unfortunately the patient never showed up. For the rest of the group, it was another day of rewarding volunteer work. The medical students went to the three clinics and did a range of activities from home visits, to school screenings, to diagnosing cases at Senchi Ferry. The teachers and construction workers did another hard days work on the new preschool. Luckily, today was cooler with the cloud cover, which hopefully helped them progress further on the project.

The afternoon began with another delicious meal of yams and beef stew which appears to be everyone’s favorite. After lunch we were invited to meet the District Mayor at his office neat the Atimpoku bridge. His role seems to be similar to a governors in the US and we were lucky to get the chance to meet him. We got a chance to learn more about the history of the people in this region as well the progress the community has already made and plans to make rise our of the poverty left behind when the terries were stopped due to the constructions of the Atimpotiu Bridge.

The day ended with more relaxing back at St. James and another wonderful dinner that included fried chicken, french fries, and salad.

“We are one man, one destiny” District Mayor