I thought I would make a theme for this post. After all, Arts and Crafts, encompass the most interesting part of the past few days:)
Yesterday, there were a couple patients with broken bones, and I got to see the doctor make the casts (note the “Arts and Crafts” theme) But, he made the cast while hunched underneath a very low staircase in front of a bunch of other patients, who stared at the poor patient…
Anyways…today, I did intake at the hospital. I was never really trained what to do, but the doctors left me alone anyways. But, I enjoyed the challenge! Fortunetely, many patients are willing to help me, whether it be making sure people are moving to the right place, or translating from Swahili when there’s an emergency (both of which happened:) ).
Later in the day, I visited the women’s centre. I taught most, if not all of them, how to sew. It was slightly challenging, as there was little space to move, and there were a lot of girls:) I would get trapped between the girls, but then one would have a problem with their bobbin or needle, and I couldn’t get to them… But it was fun, and I’m proud to say the girls did very well:)
I am definitely thankful for 4-H for all those years of teaching me how to sew!
I also played my ukulele/sang for the girls and taught them some chords and strum patterns. It got passed to pretty much all the girls, and we had so much fun playing around with it!
Although…later I realized that I probably looked a little funny walking around Kenya in scrubs and carrying a ukulele…
More Stories Later!
Happy Adventuring,
Gabrianne
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