Today we celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary, and we expect it to be a memorable one.
We arrive at our pick up point at 7:30am, before we head out to the village of Kilungu. It is about an hour’s drive outside of Tabora in the middle of nowhere. The team travelling today;
Me – Driver and who knows what else when we get there
Armorel – Baby Injection Nurse
Dr Ruth – Doctor
Mama Ndogo – Antenatal
Elizabeth – Pharmacy
Ezekiel – Lab
What a fun, but exhausting day.
Set in beautiful surroundings we come across these buildings, which will be our base for the day. I had now been informed that I would be receptionist for all patients. 90% who only speak their local dialect.
Armed with pen, paper, actions and a few key words off I set. I was doing well and only made a few mistakes, and only got completely confused once.
You would do to if someone aged about 20 said they were 112!
It was a quiet day for the Dr clinic so was soon recruited to the baby building. A small mud hut, where I was put to work weighing babies. We weighed 114.
What fun! Even when they screamed because a white man was holding them. I had a beautiful moment weighing a 27 day old baby and then holding her for 10 minutes while her mum was being spoken to. The local ladies found it hilarious, white man holding tiny black baby.
Armorel injected all of the babies and did an amazing job. A very proud husband here.
A real good days work!
Exhausted we headed out for a romantic dinner to celebrate our anniversary. We had 7 waiters just for us, because as you can see the place was empty.
A memorable day!