Hello from Namasuba!
Wow! It has been an amazing couple of days already. Got in about 10pm on Tuesday, got to the new house, ate dinner, talked, went to bed about 1am. Proceeded to wake up at 8am, and hit the ground running!
My first day was a busy one - we were lucky to have a vehicle for a short time, so we were able to take a client with TB to the government hospital. She couldn't afford the $1 that it costs for transport into the city, so she wouldn't have been able to go if we weren't able to help her.
We then proceeded to another clients house, who is not only HIV+, but also has TB and malaria. Her medications were causing a very painful skin condition, and she was unable to buy the medication for it, as it is not provided for free like her other meds. It cost about $1.50. Her family of 8 (including parents, sister and her kids and her and her kids) live in a room about the size of most people's bathrooms.
Then - on to a sensitization, which is an HIV education session at a local primary school We were working with the equivalent of 5th and 6th graders,and it was really quite scary how little they knew about HIV. And all of this only on my first day. Needless to say I was tired, hungry, and ready for bed....
But - I wanted to share this and a little story of somee of the signs we see. It is hilarious, as English is well-known, but spelling and some explanations in English are not quite understandable to native English speakers. Today I almost got a sandwich with 'sauntered' onions, and I also saw a sign on the back of a bus saying 'for bad drivers, call #'. I love the english language! Especially when it really doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
Anyways - I should leave it at that for now.
I will try to write more soon!
Love and smiles from Namasuba....
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