This is from Rose - Yesterday we were so tired that some of us - well, me for insta
nce went to bed muy early. We had spent the day at a Rainbow Clinic in Valle San Juan, about 1 hr 15 from Matagalpa. The team saw children - but since the docs are all pediatricians that makes sense. There are just so many children it always surprises me.This was a more prosperous community with an active hammock industry. We learned about their water issues - an electric pump brings water to the community, but the electricity is not always working - it hadn't been for two days and they were running low on water. But the pump began working mid afternoon and the community swarmed to the pump with every type of carrying container that you can imagine. I wish I knew how to post photos. They tell the story so much better than my words.
For instance, Candida lent Rainbow her home for the clinic. She sat proudly in the entry all day long coordinating and watching over things.
The clinic is managed by the scholarships students - secondary school aged - they keep the lists of patients and help people in and out.
Today we were at the Centro de Salud in Ciudad Dario. We immediately learned that the scale at the clinic did not function and the docs needed to get accurate weights in order to prescibe medications. So Dr Brad and Rose took the van in search of a "balancier" or something like that. We went to the hardware store - sorry no scale in all of Ciudad Dario. You must go to Managua. Or you can go to Centro de Salud and they will weigh you. It was hard to tell them in our broken Spanish that we had come from Centro de Salud, and it really wasn't for us - Honest! Well Brad and I would not be put off. After five stores we finally convinced a store owner to sell us his personal scale for 24.00 American dollars.
We felt very successful and enjoyed the rest of the day watching children.
Tonight we are going to a restaurant that is supposedly the best steak house in Nicaragau. Yummmmm.
nce went to bed muy early. We had spent the day at a Rainbow Clinic in Valle San Juan, about 1 hr 15 from Matagalpa. The team saw children - but since the docs are all pediatricians that makes sense. There are just so many children it always surprises me.This was a more prosperous community with an active hammock industry. We learned about their water issues - an electric pump brings water to the community, but the electricity is not always working - it hadn't been for two days and they were running low on water. But the pump began working mid afternoon and the community swarmed to the pump with every type of carrying container that you can imagine. I wish I knew how to post photos. They tell the story so much better than my words.For instance, Candida lent Rainbow her home for the clinic. She sat proudly in the entry all day long coordinating and watching over things.
The clinic is managed by the scholarships students - secondary school aged - they keep the lists of patients and help people in and out.
Today we were at the Centro de Salud in Ciudad Dario. We immediately learned that the scale at the clinic did not function and the docs needed to get accurate weights in order to prescibe medications. So Dr Brad and Rose took the van in search of a "balancier" or something like that. We went to the hardware store - sorry no scale in all of Ciudad Dario. You must go to Managua. Or you can go to Centro de Salud and they will weigh you. It was hard to tell them in our broken Spanish that we had come from Centro de Salud, and it really wasn't for us - Honest! Well Brad and I would not be put off. After five stores we finally convinced a store owner to sell us his personal scale for 24.00 American dollars.
We felt very successful and enjoyed the rest of the day watching children.
Tonight we are going to a restaurant that is supposedly the best steak house in Nicaragau. Yummmmm.
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