Tomorrow will mark the 1st half of our long journey at the center.
Things in general went well this week, however a little girl I mentionned last week (the one who we sent home to get rest because she had diarrhea and her lips were all dried up), she died this week... We often see images of malnourished dying children with World Vision on t.v. The unsettling thing is that know I actually have a face and name in mind.
11 percent of the children in Burkina Faso suffer from severe malnutrition.... Educating is the key I believe, hopefully someday it will be part of their history and not their present. Its a bizare thing having to deal with those very sick children and not it let it get to you once you leave work...
We had the chance to go to Glady's end of school celebration (her parents couldn't go so Melanie and I went alone to see the little sketchs everyone put on. She goes to a fairly good school (in general there are the really really inexpensive school, then the "good schools" which she goes to and then there are the private rich schools that are extremely expensive.
It was cute to see and many of the classes put on a dance or sang a song! There is a little picture down below.
Then on Sunday we celebrated Vanessa's birthday by going out to have PIZZA!!! yessss there are a few excellent pizza places (see incredible picture of shrimp garlic pizza! yess i managed to eat all that plus a beer and frieds haha.... so much better than Tô)!
And then on Tuesday evening Mel and I went out for a beer with Marie-Christine, one of Sarah's( my sister) friends from Quebec that was here for 6 weeks in charge of a group of Horizon Cosmopolite that were based in Leo in different schools. It was pretty great to speak to other people from Quebec They seemed to have enjoyed their experience. :)
So that's about it :)
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