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Thursday, March 9, 2006 |
| [ Entry from Dogoloya
by: Anne Carney
| Entry from Koromasilaya
by: Clare Cameron ] |
| 07.00-08.00 | Breakfast at section chief's house (Dogoloya) and residences of the VDC chairman (Koromasilaya) |
| 08.00-10.00 | Observing CHC session at respective villages |
| 10.00-10.40 | Travel back to Kabala |
| 10.40-13.00 | Visit to school for socially-marginalized youth |
| 13.00-14.00 | Lunch |
| 14.00-16.00 | Debriefing session |
| 16.00-18.00 | Climbing up the Wara Wara mountain or social interaction with Kabala community (optional) |
| 18.00-19.00 | Refreshment at CARE guest house |
| 19.00-20.00 | Feedback and social evening at the guest house |
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Annie Carney, a native of Princeton, NJ, was, during this trip, a freshman in Silliman College. She sang in one of Yale's all-female a capella groups, Proof of the Pudding, and thus, served as director of "kumbayas" for the flight from Gatwick to Freetown. She has written for the Yale Globalist, the undergraduate international affairs magazine, and the Yale Herald, the weekly newspaper. In the infinite spare time that Yale afforded, she enjoyed reading, running, and pseudo-relaxing. She majored in History.
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Clare Cameron was, during this trip, a junior anthropology major from Chicago, IL. Her interests include the relationship between health and human rights, anthropology and human rights, and international development and anthropology. In pursuit of greater experience in the field of public health, in 2005, she spent six months working for a women's health and human rights organization in Senegal. She was the co-coordinator of the College Council for CARE.
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Dogoloya
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| Women of the CHC demonstrating what they have learned from CARE nutrition workshops. |
I thought I was an early riser, but on the morning of our last day in
Kabala, I awoke to the murmuring of 5:00 a.m. prayers followed by several
visits to the well just an hour later. Perhaps even the existence of the
phrase "early riser" is the luxury of the Westerner -- my Poland Spring
required no arm-pumping. Anyway, I laced up my sneakers for a morning run. I
had already taken a few during our time in Sierra Leone so I was prepared for
the grins and amusement of the occasional trailing kids as I sweated profusely
and pondered the absurdity of my American need for premeditated exercise.
Breakfast followed, prepared for us by the village chief’s "women" who
epitomized hospitality and generosity as they served us with sweet bananas and
porridge.The first item on the agenda was a health lesson run through the
Community Health Club (CHC). Topics ranged from the importance of hand
washing, to the transferal of disease via flies, the use of simple wooden
drying racks for dishes, and the potential problems caused by stagnant water. [ read more... ]
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Koromasilaya
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| One woman shares her opinion on health in the community. |
I woke up to the sound of children's voices. While my village home’s guest
room was still completely dark, I knew that morning had come. Although I felt
a bit tired and sore from the dancing marathon the previous evening, I rose
knowing that the morning activities were not to be missed.
After breakfast, we had the chance to listen in on a meeting of the
Community Health Club (CHC) where community members gathered to talk about
HIV/AIDS. The discussion seemed honest and thoughtful. One man, who happened
to have been my host for the previous evening, raised his hand and asked, "How
do we actually know HIV/AIDS exists?" Without hesitation, one CARE facilitator
explained our ability to scientifically confirm the virus' existence under a
microscope. Over the course of several questions and answers, we gained
greater perspective on the current status of HIV/AIDS in this village.
Fortunately, no one actually seemed to know of local villagers affected by the
illness, making prevention education all the more important.
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