Today was a busy clinic day for myself just doing a lot of housekeeping items. Ashley and Dan went to the schools today to do dental health teaching and had a lot of fun doing it. They have videos of the kids singing songs on how to brush there teeth - it's pretty cute. Some others from the clinic went to start a massive eye health program. They are going to be doing eye checks and handing out donated glasses to the children - they plan to do the entire island by the end of the month!
After clinic we had our first scuba lesson which entailed a mish-mash of leg cramps, mask problems, gagging up salt water, mask poking fights and anenomie stings. Collectively we spent far more time at the surface of the water than under it! The poor instructor probably had to have several beer to recover and is sitting at home right now I am sure regretting taking us on for the next 5 lessons!!!
On the way home today we actually got change from a cab driver - I bet he sensed that we are now hard nosed locals when it comes to cabs and decided not to mess with us!!! ( or he was just really honest - he was pretty old).
Tonight for supper we had baleadas off the beach for like 75 cents each - they were pretty good. They are flour crepe - tortilla things filled with beans and cheese or eggs and sausage. Before we left canada Jagger (my nephew) put a bag of toy cars together to give to another little boy who didn't have toys and we were to deliver them and take pictures to show Jagger when we got back. While we were getting the baleadas a man delivering supplies to the beach canteen came with his son who was 2.5years old named Jared. Jaggers cars were given to this little boy, he didn't white know what to think - but he accepted them with big eyes and a tiny smile while staying very close to his dad. He was pretty cute.
Until next time!!!
Andrea
Ash and Dan with the dentist and his wife at he school
The playground - a cement pad
Ashley having a school girl demonstrate how to brush her teeth
Ashley and Dan teaching
Kids playing on the play ground
A little guy getting neb treatment!
A clinic volunteer holding a little girl (who is the cutest thing ever) who was born to a mentally disabled mother who got pregnant with her by being continuously raped by people who knew she was mentally disabled.
Fruit that I bought from the above little girls mother who selling them for 59 cents a bag. You peel the green skin off with your teeth and then suck the middle fruit off the stone in the middle - they are really sweet but also bitter!
The sterilization room
Blue Bahia - were we are taking our dive lessons
Jared getting a coloring book and crayons from Dan
Getting his cars from Jagger via ashley!
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3 comments:
Oh the kid pics are the cutest! So sad about the disabled lady - and that little girl is just gorgeous.
What an amazing experience for you all.
Oops - that was me, Deb on the last comment! :)
I am glad that Jagger sent some of his toys.....great idea.
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