The other night we planned to have burger night as a farewell dinner to Emil who has now gone home to Denmark. All the ingredients for the burgers were bought except the meat, which unfortunately was sold out. I really had been looking forward to this burger night and decided to go with the kitchen lady, Fatmata, to the village to buy a couple of chickens we could slaughter. After a while we succeeded to find and buy two small chickens. On our way back through the village we met Fatmata´s father who kindly slaughtered the chickens for us. Back in the kitchen I helped Fatmata to pluck the chickens – it was not at all as hard as I thought it would be, it just takes some time :) When you are 11 people to share two small chickens you understand why it is important to eat everything possible from the animals. Liver, heart and neck really tastes good!
Just before my chicken adventure in the village we discovered a bright green snake outside one of the rooms here at the hostel – the first alive snake I have seen here. As we didn´t know if the snake was dangerous or not, I took a stick and together with a local, elderly man (B.S.) I finished the snake. The snake was about one meter long and 1.5 cm thick. B.S. declared that it was not dangerous, but that it would probably not be nice to get bitten by it.
Last weekend we were all in Freetown to see the city and to relax at the beach. Freetown is a hectic city with too small roads for the many cars. I spend some time to walk through small endless streets with street shops lying close together on every street. Every street had its own theme – clothes, electronics, books, food etc. – while every shop had almost the same things within the themes. I also went to Big Marked where I bought some souvenirs. The beach was great as always and the lobster was delicious :)
Recently we went to two small villages close to Masanga to talk to the people there, especially the pregnant women. We told a story about a complicated delivery. The woman eventually went to the hospital where she got a Cesarean Section and both mother and child survived. Afterwards we talked about the risks of delivering at home in the village and what signs and symptoms they should be aware of during the pregnancy, so that they can seek medical assistance when necessary. In the end the women asked a lot of good questions. One of the women asked about infertility because she lost all her three children and was now unable to get pregnant again with her new husband. It was two very nice trips, and I hope that we succeeded to get more women to come to Masanga Hospital to deliver. As it is now, a lot of women still deliver in the villages even though the live only 2 kilometers from Masanga Hospital!
Just before my chicken adventure in the village we discovered a bright green snake outside one of the rooms here at the hostel – the first alive snake I have seen here. As we didn´t know if the snake was dangerous or not, I took a stick and together with a local, elderly man (B.S.) I finished the snake. The snake was about one meter long and 1.5 cm thick. B.S. declared that it was not dangerous, but that it would probably not be nice to get bitten by it.
Last weekend we were all in Freetown to see the city and to relax at the beach. Freetown is a hectic city with too small roads for the many cars. I spend some time to walk through small endless streets with street shops lying close together on every street. Every street had its own theme – clothes, electronics, books, food etc. – while every shop had almost the same things within the themes. I also went to Big Marked where I bought some souvenirs. The beach was great as always and the lobster was delicious :)
Recently we went to two small villages close to Masanga to talk to the people there, especially the pregnant women. We told a story about a complicated delivery. The woman eventually went to the hospital where she got a Cesarean Section and both mother and child survived. Afterwards we talked about the risks of delivering at home in the village and what signs and symptoms they should be aware of during the pregnancy, so that they can seek medical assistance when necessary. In the end the women asked a lot of good questions. One of the women asked about infertility because she lost all her three children and was now unable to get pregnant again with her new husband. It was two very nice trips, and I hope that we succeeded to get more women to come to Masanga Hospital to deliver. As it is now, a lot of women still deliver in the villages even though the live only 2 kilometers from Masanga Hospital!
Se the pictures in the danish version. Check out the lady with many baskets on top of her head!!
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