Paediatrics, Kambia Style!

I have just got home from the hospital and the generator is on so it seems like a good time to write another blog entry – such a luxury to have the fan on! I got a lift back with Peter, who used to live at the base, and now rides an akada around Kambia. (The akada’s are the main way of getting from A to B here – small motorbike’s with cushions on the back for 1 or 2 passengers to sit on. Quite fun as long as you don’t think too much about how dangerous it is!)

First Week in Kambia

I have now been in Kambia just over a week! Thanks to my new phone and 3g internet connection is better than I was expecting so hopefully I’ll be able to keep up with the blog!

I’ve had a really warm welcome by everyone at the Kambia Appeal Base - a collection of huts and houses, surrounded by a straw fence, which is my home while I’m here. We share the base with Moses, the appeal co-ordinator, a couple of other families who also work for the appeal (+Bionce and her 3 puppies!). I have my own hut, and we use a big central house with a nice veranda to sit on, and a toukel - a round open sided thatched roofed building that is the main outdoor living space.