Tuesday, June 3, 2008

by Ida

As our final week comes to an end, there’s an unspoken feeling within many of us to truly cherish and appreciate our last days in Ghana. Jaylee, who usually spends her days teaching Kindergarten at the Catholic school, wanted to experience helping out in a clinic for a day, so she shadowed Namrita during what was one of the busiest days at the clinic.

At the Senchi-Ferry clinic, Kim, Maryal, Caitlin and Jen volunteered to stay to assist Madam Grace in a natural birth! Based on their accounts and my own imagination, I can confidently say it is a truly incredible experience. As first year medical students, they felt very fortunate to have experienced such an important procedure.

The rest of the afternoon was spent mostly indoors due to some scattered showers, but that didn’t stop any of us from having fun! A few of us caught up on reading and writing, while other put newly bought nail polish to good use.

After a few us of us returned from a nice walk through Senchi Ferry to visit the seamstress again, we all spent the rest of the evening relaxing and enjoying our last Tuesday night together in Ghana.

“Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, feed him for a lifetime.”