Realizing how much extra time we have on our hands every day, we asked Brother Abu to take us on a trip to the Abomosu Health Clinic today in hopes that we will be able to go help out there in the future.
The clinic, from a distance, doesn’t look too bad, but once we got inside I realized that it is definitely not a place I ever want to go to.
I mean, I can’t say it’s in the worst condition and completely unsanitary, it’s just overcrowded and too small to accommodate all the needs. We walked up and the first thing we saw were the rows of people and crying children just waiting to see a doctor. We went into the maternity ward (for which there is only ONE midwife) and there were well over 10 ladies waiting to see her. It was nuts! I don’t think they even have ways to make appointments, you just have to show up and wait for your turn.
Check out their Ambulance! It’s been parked there for years because no one knows how to fix it and if someone did, they wouldn’t have the money to do so.
The record room was almost as bad, it was just walls full of records and more records and the even the ground was covered in records. Never have I been so grateful for electronic record-keeping! Think of all the space it saves these days! They don’t have access to any sort of computer, and even if they did, it probably wouldn’t be reliable enough to trust it with years of service and records. I’m definitely grateful to be from America!
We also watched the first game of the World Cup! So much fun! I’ve never really followed the World Cup before, but I now wish that I had. It’s actually really fun, and the people here are totally into it! It was especially funny for Mexico and South Africa to be playing each other because we were obviously favoring Mexico a little more than South Africa, and obviously everyone here was rooting for South Africa. So it was a good game in this house, and probably a good thing that the game ended in a tie.
It's really interesting how involved the whole country of Ghana is in the World Cup. Ghana's team is called The Black Stars. All over the TV and news they have the president and ministers and preachers encouraging people to support their country and their team. It's awesome! They even have a song that goes, "We're the Black Stars, We are the Black Stars. We will fight, until, we win!" It's a lot longer than that, but that's all I remember. :) I can't wait to see how Ghana does!
If you’ve never followed the World Cup, you should try it this year! It’s fun!
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