Saturday 28th February
Telegraph poles going up near the hospital
The week has proved quite busy. Ann has had the opportunity
to visit a local nursery school set up to help poor families in the area. She
went with Dave and his son Jack who are 2 motor mechanics who have been doing a
great job here trying to service and resurrect various hospital vehicles. At
least one Landrover that hasn’t moved for years is now back on the road which
is a major achievement.
Visiting the Nursery School with Dave and Jack
Coffee out to dry
The kitchen at the nursery
One child was unwell and needed carrying home by an older brother
We have visited a couple of local people’s homes in the last
24 hours. Betty is a teacher at the local primary school who lives nearby with
her husband who is the bursar of the local vocational college. They have 5
children. As often happens we went at around 5pm having just asked to have some
tea and were given a full meal including goats meat. This morning a similar
arrangement to see John and his wife Sadras resulted in being given some goat’s
liver! John is attached to the local Anglican Diocese working amongst Muslims
in the area. We plan to go to see a school at Bwera on Tuesday that he has
helped to establish and also travel with him to Kasese.
At John and Sadras' home
The hospital has been bsuy with numerous patients with HIV
and a particularly bad case of cerebral malaria in an 18 year old man admitted
last night. One of the HIV patients is a young man who has been in the hospital
several weeks trying to combat the combined effects of TB and another infection
called PCP in his lungs. He still needs oxygen all the time so it is just as
well that the power is consistently maintained at present to keep the oxygen concentrator
working.
Dave, Jack and Marin the agriculturalist are on their way
back to Entebbe today so a refreshment stop on the way back has been arranged
at the Esuubi Café!!
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