mi moh mu mahhhhh (oh my god!)

Guyana has a 5 tier health system. The health post is the bottom line clinic offered in various towns and villages throughout the country.

Last week I went to one in Columbia..about 20 minutes away from Suddie. When I walked in I saw one woman, who happened to be the only worker in the clinic. She said she took a course and now has the job title of community health care worker. She can do limited health work, but provides health care to the community with the knowledge she does have. It is one room no electricity or toilet or soap or gloves are used when the patients get their shots. The needles are thrown away in a cardboard box and moms come in and wait for the vaccines to arrive from the closest hospital. The babies are weighed on a scaled that is never washed…so naked baby after naked baby is placed on it…as well as they have the option of putting them in the single crib.

Its kinda crazy to see the difference but I’m amazed by how easily accessible it still is ..and its free!!!
The moms bring in these child health books which have all the children s medical knowledge and then they also keep a record at the Post. It’s a very unique system, and I definitely think it is amazing how well it works here.

I am very impressed even with all the other things missing...im soo excited to do all the health care talks and clinicals, counseling...basically whatever my job will entail in a health post when I get my placement in two weeks!:) ....:) yay education!!!

It is Mashramani around here so I will be partying Guyanese style tomorrow with the communities. I am excited to seeeee the parade and all the booty dancing they call "whining" while listening to soca and dancehall music!!!.

Best part of the day: The cab driver this morning blasted Celine Dion the entire way to work and had Barbie stickers on his steering wheel....he was atleast 35 years old.These are the things that pretty much make me smile everyday...and everyday its something new :)


mi moh mu mahhhhh (oh my god!) im soooo happy to be here and well. Im hoping these words find you the same. XOXO


Peace, Love and Celine Dion!

Me kno nah some Creolese man

First off, there are Hotdogs in Guyana.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!..but they call them sausages(which i am a huge fan of :)! I had my first one last night along with fried plantains=I am still chubby white meat/that is what they call me…along with other unnecessary obscenities.

It is absolutely beautiful here...Im not sure if i have been smiling or sweating more.
We went from Georgetown(the capitol) across a river on a speedboat for an hour to where we are doing our training now in Queenstown, On the Essequibo Coast!. (Me go to the pink chuch in Queenstown nah driver...thats what I tell them):)

I just met my host family yesterday. My Host moms name is Shurene, I call her Hotmomma because it is so hot here...she giggles when I say it…and pretends not to like it, but im positive she does.My host dads name is Grayson..but everyone calls him G. (WHAT UP G!?!) And I have two sisters Candeaca( Candy ) and Sushma( Sushi.)(my two favorite things from back home.)

When i walk down the sanded road i see palm trees and goats,4 kids on one bike and guyanese people "gaffing" in the shade. I get "sipped" at which is their way of getting my attention. (its like sipping out of a straw noise) Im greeted with gudmawnin and gudaftt and gud night. Kids run up and give you high fives and the biggest smiles you have ever seen.

I go to bed under my mosiquito net which I think is pretty fancy and makes me feel like princess.I feel today that this is exactly where I am meant to be.



Peace, Love and Creolese!