28th Jul, 2007

Lots has happend..

Ass I said, lots has happened lately,

Let me start with something not so nice.Last Friday, 20 July, Esther was hit by a Dala Dala, a mini bus.I was walking right behind her, was quite of a shock for the both of us. Esther was lying there on the street, screaming (lucky) and I was trying to calm her and finding transport.Now I could make this a very long story but I’ll just cut it.Her foot is not broken, and except from soft tissue injury in her foot and some bruises she is fine.Although she’s not able to walk yet/still.

Due to several problems with the immigration office we decided to book our flight 2 weeks early so we didn’t needed them anymore. The bastards took us to a very doggy room and try to make us pay 300 US etc etc. So new arrival date is 30th of august.

Further more we’ve seen some pretty cool places (when es could still walk ;-) ). A crater lake, a coffee plant (we could see the whole process). A platform with amazing view, and other waterfall.

In the hospital things go pretty well. Last week I performed a evacuation (for those not familiar with the term, it’s some kind of abortion). This is done to woman who miscarried and of whom the cervix is closed already. Abortion is illegal here in Tanzania, whether you agree with that or not, it results in some pretty nasty situations. The other week a woman was brought in who had an illegal abortion with a stick…. The result was that she expelled the fetus but her uterus was ruptured as well. She didn’t wanted the baby cause the father left here and it would be a shame to have a baby, besides the fact she lacks the financial resources to take care of the baby. Sigh…

I could tell a lot more horrible stories, about woman sharing a bed in the hospital, young girl that has been raped, a woman who was abused by her husband in a terrible way, but I won’t finish with that. Good things happen as well. They have sterile equipment for everyone f.e. Next time more pictures again, I’m not working from my own computer now.

love to all!

Responses

Hoi Liefje! Je bent echt fantastisch! Ben zo trots op je dat je dit allemaal doet en zelfs al een bevalling heb mogen begeleiden! Super al deze ervaringen te mogen lezen. En wat een gewaarwording dat het zo duidelijk ook anders kan in leven… niets te vergelijken met het leven in NL. Gelukkig dat het, ondanks het kleine ongevalletje, goed met jullie gaat. Doe heel voorzichtig maar geniet met volle teugen. Ik mis je en kan niet wachten je te zien eind augustus! Dikke kus,

Marianne

[...] informed, the condition of Esthers foot, which was getting worse in stead of better after being hit by a dala dala, made us decide to come home early). Fortunately we had already seen a lot of [...]

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