Mbingo was its name Vox 2009-11-28T20:49:36Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e3989d8e600003/ Salla - and other events tag:vox.com,2009-11-28:asset-6a00e3989d8e60000301240b7ec83f860e 2009-11-28T20:49:36Z 2009-11-28T20:49:36Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Today was a great day! My Fulani friends up at Coffee have been inviting me for a long time to visit their compound – especially 10 year old Salamatu who is my main contact with the family. Yesterday and today were the Muslim “Feas...

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]]> Countdown tag:vox.com,2009-11-07:asset-6a00e3989d8e6000030123f179039c860f 2009-11-07T19:22:25Z 2009-11-07T19:22:25Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Today I was cleaning out my kitchen cupboards, to see what I need to use up in the remaining 6 weeks at Mbingo, when Fervent arrived at the door. I told him to scoot, because I was busy with work, getting ready for going to Canada. About half a...

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]]> Wiped out tag:vox.com,2009-10-16:asset-6a00e3989d8e6000030123ddaf6de5860b 2009-10-16T19:47:25Z 2009-10-23T04:23:19Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Have been off work for the past week, which has been largely a blur of sleep and getting up to take large anti-viral pills every four hours. From Oct 5 on, I did not feel good and had an odd headache – unusual I realized because it was only on t...

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]]> Class, celebrations, etc tag:vox.com,2009-10-01:asset-6a00e3989d8e6000030123ddd092f5860d 2009-10-01T19:52:24Z 2009-10-01T19:52:24Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Time is flying, and I am way behind with news from here. We are already at the end of week 3 of the PACU nurse course – ¼ of the way through. My 5 students are experienced nurses, even though a couple of them have had only 3 months of formal...

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]]> New class, new people tag:vox.com,2009-09-19:asset-6a00e3989d8e6000030123dda3d75a860b 2009-09-19T20:04:54Z 2009-09-19T20:04:54Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Last Monday, my new class, for recovery room / high-dependency unit nurses, started. Until the last couple of weeks, I really did not know if I would have students - but it came together at the last moment, as things seem t...

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]]> School tag:vox.com,2009-09-13:asset-6a00e3989d8e6000030123f13865c2860e 2009-09-13T19:40:18Z 2009-09-13T19:40:18Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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School began this week – and suddenly the neighbourhood was a lot quieter, just like everywhere in the world. I spent all week working seriously on the next class – for recovery room / high dependency area nurses – which is starting tomorrow mor...

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]]> The Kids tag:vox.com,2009-09-06:asset-6a00e3989d8e6000030110180dd543860e 2009-09-06T16:40:51Z 2009-09-09T05:47:57Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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For the past few weeks, there have been 11 youngsters 8 and under (mostly under) living behind me in Middle Quarter. They travel as a gang, and love the guava tree across the path from my place, and equally love my little y...

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]]> Movements in the market tag:vox.com,2009-09-05:asset-6a00e3989d8e600003011016ccbe5b860d 2009-09-05T20:33:05Z 2009-09-05T20:33:05Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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As long as I've been here, the Mbingo market has been held in a bunch of rickety sheds - or outside on the ground - across the highway from the hospital compound. This is all hospital property. About...

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]]> Richard's farm tag:vox.com,2009-08-30:asset-6a00e3989d8e6000030110180a975f860e 2009-08-30T20:22:37Z 2009-08-30T20:22:37Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Thursday of last week, I trekked down the highway a mile or two, and then off into the far end of Mbingo 2 where Richard, who cooks for me, has his farm. He has gradually bought bits of land over the years, to a total...

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]]> The Spider tag:vox.com,2009-08-28:asset-6a00e3989d8e600003011016c8b875860d 2009-08-28T08:41:37Z 2009-08-28T08:41:37Z christine http://christine022.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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From consultation with my local advisors, the spider was a tarantula. I asked my neighbour what would have happened if he had bitten me, and his answer was that I would have had "very serious fever". I don't know what exactly would have happene...

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