African Massage

When the KIHEFO staff picked us up from the airport, they explained to us that the roads here have what they call an “African massage”, aka dirt roads with lots of bumps. We have been experiencing these roads throughout our time here, but especially the past few days during our outreach visits. For the past two days, several of the other interns and I have been surveying the residents of Rubira, a village within Kabale district, about nutrition for the benefit of our nutrition clinic. I have been struck by how humble these people are, and by how welcoming they were. Each one of them welcomed us into their homes with open arms, genuinely happy to see us and talk to us. At the end of each visit, they conveyed, through a translator, their thanks to us for what we were doing for them. I felt as if we should be the ones thanking them for taking the time out of their day to participate in our study, but our translator explained to us that the villagers are hopeful that the results of the surveys that KIHEFO does in the villages will be helpful to them in the future, which is why they are so glad to see us. Below are some pictures of the Health Centre II (see my previous post about healthcare in Uganda) in Rubira where KIHEFO will be holding an outreach camp next Friday!

the clinic's entire stock of medicine

Rubira Health Centre II

PS: I am leaving at 6AM tomorrow morning (11PM on Thursday in New York) for a three day safari with some of the other interns to celebrate my halfway point here in Kabale. I can’t believe it has already been two weeks—the time is flying by. The drive is 7 hours to Queen Elizabeth Park, so I am expecting lots of “African massage” along the way. Look out for pictures coming your way early next week!