April
19
This
morning I worked on a press release for the midwifery conference for Kiran, did
some writing for the blog and some reading. A headache and mild intestinal
upset is keeping me close to home until we go to meet Jill who arrived from
Canada this morning. She is our Mugu project lead and as such the preparations
for Mugu will begin in earnest!
We
met Jill at the Bakery Café in Jawalakhel. Madhu was there too. Madhu has a
history working in community health, development and research. He is currently
working on writing a book about the history and changes in the Dolpo region of
Nepal. At our meeting we went over some of our plan. We recently found out our
translator in Mugu is no longer there. Jill will be in contact with the
Development Health Office in Mugu to organize a translator for us. If we cannot
arrange that in advance we may need to find and bring a translator from here.
We
then went to MIDSON to meet Nani, the nurse-midwife who is coming with us to
Mugu. Nani is very friendly and helpful. I am excited I get to work with her to
teach the ANMs. I can’t believe we will be in Mugu in just a few days! We went
through our training handouts and made edits. We needed to make sure the handouts
would be simple enough for the ANMs to read in English and still cover the
criteria as per SBA training guidelines.
At
the MIDSON office there are midwives coming in and out. They are all busily
working to get ready for the conference! I am excited to attend when we return
from Mugu and when my dear friends and colleagues join me in Nepal!
I have included some pictures of the garden. There is
a beautiful pomelo tree and rabbits running around while I eat my breakfast.
This morning thegrandfather of the hotel came down the stairs carrying his pet turtle!
Cathy wrote a poem - I have posted it below :)
Beside fallen temples
the young midwife kneels to light 108 butter lamps
Her gaze drifts, scanning the crowds for pregnant mothers and infants.
At the guesthouse, grandfather, back bent towards stone staircase, slowly descends carrying an ancient turtle
on whose back he has lovingly drawn a tika
as blessing.
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