Learning the language

Today was a beautiful sunny day, with a clear picture of the active volcano (seen from a very far and safe viewpoint).

We were joined today by many new volunteers: Sarah G, Marcos and sister, and Gabe. Their assistance with transalation has been invaluable. HUVSYAL brought along a few more people as well. Initially it seemed we were going to have more volunteers than we had the need for, but it turned out to be a very productive day. We saw about 65 people, and Dr Alicia and I were head to head on our numbers of patience seen. But she´s in the lead!

A few interesting comments were are becoming accustom to are:

I have a sadness headache, the cold settled in me and caused me my ailments.

In addition to offering these indigenous people a general health screening and education, we took the time to learn more about their communities health issues - for example how many babies die before the age 5 (most likely from treatable illness)

CHILDCARE SERVICES!!

GIVE US YOUR MOUTH AND WE´LL GIVE YOU SMILE!

The flouride team, and the dentist!

SMILES ARE FREE AND UNIVERSAL

NOT TO MENTION SMILES ARE JUST GOOD

MEDICINE.... from our pharmacia