Greetings from Tanzania!

Hi this is my first post and I apologize for waiting so long to do it but if you see how little I keep up with  writing in my journal you would understand. As Dave has already mentioned we've hit the ground running and as of today we will have finshed giving full medical and dental screenings to 23 children at the CCF home for street kids and 55 for the UPENDO HIV group. Although the experince has been great thus far it can at times live me mentally exhausted.  The need here is  so great  but there is such a frustration in logistics and getting the help to where it is most useful. That is why we have agreed to wait until closer to the end before we give out donations that were given to us so generously. At times I personally get confused  because they call  Nurses sisters here and they call  me  sister for the fact that I'm black so when someone says sister I don't if they need a nurse or just want to make conversations. It has made for many awkard moments. On a more cultural note the city is cought up in world cup fever and there was nothing better than watching the kids at CCF celebrate Ghana's win against the US. I think i'm going on a little too long plus I have 1 minute left on internet time but just to finish up I would like to thank the MEDOUTREACH group whose individual personalities have made them my family away from home.
                                                                     Thank-you,
                                                                            Leyla

Posted by Leyla Suleiman on June 30, 2006 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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