I’ve had the opportunity to go out “bush” (to the more rural villages and camps) a few times on immunization clinics with some of the local staff here at CSL Danja. About two or three weeks ago they had a country-wide “polio immunization clinic” as part of the government’s health plan.
We went to Danja village as well as one other village, going door-to-door giving polio immunizations and vitamin A to the children. It was a cool experience because I was able to see people throughout these villages, and it was also fun to work with other Nigerien guys my age. One guy gave the polio drops, one the vitamin A, and another one recorded. I was the vitamin A guy…
Say "Ahh"
There were 17 people in the truck...17!
This truck...
Daniel and Issufu
Polio vaccine is for children under the age of 5. They explained to me if a child could touch his ear over his head like this, then he was too old. Cool, huh?
No pressure...
They wanted me to play this drum, and I did...and the people danced!
Fulani woman and her baby
Favorite Hausa Phrase of the Day:
"Sannu sannu, ba ta hana zuwa..." (Hausa Proverb)
"Slowly slowly, doesn't prevent it's coming..."
(Basically it means that it's okay if things take time...it's good to take things slow and steady.)
"Sannu sannu, ba ta hana zuwa..." (Hausa Proverb)
"Slowly slowly, doesn't prevent it's coming..."
(Basically it means that it's okay if things take time...it's good to take things slow and steady.)
5 comments:
Great pictures, Luke. And I was so happy to see you added my suggestion for the Hausa phrase of the day. I like the proverb. I'm going to try and work that into conversation tomorrow.
Luke: I've really enjoyed reading about all your projects and the work you're doing in Niger. I've been in Niger twice (05 and 07) and hope to return to work. I was wondering how you were connected to Niger and specifically to the work you're now doing there.
Keep up the hard work!!
Hi Luke. I just wanted to let you know I've featured this post on the "featured blogs" section of the www.sim.org homepage. You'll be linked there for the next week to ten days.
Lisa Felch
SIM International
Hey Luke!! I just found your blog through the SIM website! I look forward to reading more. Until next time my friend.
yah, Luke! Hey, it's the powerplant Luke here. (c: I remember when I was in West Africa, they'd often say "slowly slowly..." when working. We fire-cracka workers here in the US/West, burn out and don't know how to live sometimes, eh? (c:
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