36 Hours

My apologies, the internet in Africa is very slow and sometimes does not work. I will try my best, stay tuned...

After a long journey, we are full on.I have been to
Africa. I was in 3 countries. I saw, and I changed,
and I reacted. But it felt like my first time again.
I forgot about the heat, and the smell, and the air. I
forgot what it felt like to be here, really here. The
overwhelming ache in your heart as soon as you see
your first child, with no clothes, standing at the
side of the dirt road.The feeling in your chest like
you have had to expand your heart bigger than you ever
thought possible. Your head exploding with the things
you want to do to help...it's amazing. I am supposed
to be here!

Day 1. After a short nap, we met with Dr.Matin from
the WENTZ Medical clinic. We checked out the clinic,
and met with the nurses. We then walked through the
very poor district of Ggaba. The children are so
small. I spoke with a woman who held her newborn, but
the baby was 18 months...just so very small with lack
of food. We walked down through villages to say hello
and some children saw a white person for the first
time.

Day 2. After waking at 4:30 AM to roosters, we got
started. We had a meeting with the Malaria Consortium
Group to talk about relationships and partnership. We
are going to skope out some of their existing
villages next week. We then net with AMREF regarding
their policies and procedures concerning malaria
prevention. We made arrangements to vivit GULU in
Northern Uganda, and tomorrow we are going to
existing BAN villages, to check progress on the nets.
Everywhere we go, and everyone we speak with, tells us
what we know....malaria is the leading killer, and
that is why I am here!

So much has gone on since being here such a short
time...36 hours...and this afternoon, I ate GRASSHOPPERS!
I had to try them since they were offered, and you
know what...they are pretty good!

Love to you all, Nancy