Girl Power

The last two days have been busy and filled with new and exciting programs. Yesterday I was out in the field. We took a mobile hospital out to a village. Village is an understatement. I can't imagine how these people live. We saw several patients including pregnant woman. I went into one woman's house (which was made of cow dung and mud). She was into her last month of pregnancy. I asked her a couple of questions and she would laugh but no answer. I asked her why she kept laughing, she answered, "I've never had anyone from the United States in my house". Her and her family were very sweet, they offered for me to stay for dinner. I mean this is a family that lives in very minimum wages that offered me dinner. I was very humbled. We diagnosed many patients with possible TB or malaria without taking any cultures or blood samples.

Today I was mostly with this women empowerment group. They invited several blind girls from for 4 days. They learned several things such as self defense, women's anatomy, and hygiene. I even taught a self defense portion in Gujarati which was challenging. I think I got my point across. Many of these girls have never left their parents so being alone was a big deal. They were a very enthusiastic group. Overall, the people who've I met have been so humble and welcoming.