Community entry has been going very well. I have met with all my neighborhood health committees (NHCs). We had a meeting about the roles and responsibilities of a NHC and assessed what improvements need to be made and the training they want me to conduct for the next 2 quarters. All 8 NHCs seem to be very excited to improve and learn so I'm very excited to be working with them.
My main goal for my service is to have all my NHCs active and doing all their responsibilities. I also want to help them find funding and build 2 health posts in the farthest parts of my catchment by the time I leave in 2013. A woman gave birth as she was walking the 11k to the clinic while in labor and this happens pretty regularly. So, the health posts will be a great addition to the community. I have several smaller goals that I need to key in on, so I'll let you all know as I decide.
We had the Zambian Child Health Week. My clinic vaccinated over 500 mothers and children. It was a great and busy week.
Sounds like real work out there, Cuz.. Nice job! but -- no pix? Come on! I personally ate an extra helping of turkey for you, btw
ReplyDeleteGood morning how are you?
ReplyDeleteMy name is Emilio, I am a Spanish boy and I live in a town near to Madrid. I am a very interested person in knowing things so different as the culture, the way of life of the inhabitants of our planet, the fauna, the flora, and the landscapes of all the countries of the world etc. in summary, I am a person that enjoys traveling, learning and respecting people's diversity from all over the world.
I would love to travel and meet in person all the aspects above mentioned, but unfortunately as this is very expensive and my purchasing power is quite small, so I devised a way to travel with the imagination in every corner of our planet. A few years ago I started a collection of letters addressed to me in which my goal was to get at least 1 letter from each country in the world. This modest goal is feasible to reach in the most part of countries, but unfortunately it’s impossible to achieve in other various territories for several reasons, either because they are countries at war, either because they are countries with extreme poverty or because for whatever reason the postal system is not functioning properly.
For all this I would ask you one small favour:
Would you be so kind as to send me a letter by traditional mail from Zambia? I understand perfectly that you think that your e-mail is not the appropriate place to ask this, and even, is very probably that you ignore my letter, but I would call your attention to the difficulty involved in getting a letter from that country, and also I don’t know anyone neither where to write in Zambia in order to increase my collection. a letter for me is like a little souvenir, like if I have had visited that territory with my imagination and at same time, the arrival of the letters from a country is a sign of peace and normality and a original way to promote a country in the world. My postal address is the following one:
Emilio Fernandez Esteban
Calle Valencia, 39
28903 Getafe (Madrid)
Spain
If you wish, you can visit my blog www.cartasenmibuzon.blogspot.com, where you can see the pictures of all the letters that I have received from whole World.
Finally I would like to thank the attention given to this letter, and whether you can help me or not, I send my best wishes for peace, health and happiness for you, your family and all your dear beings.
Yours Sincerely