Thursday, May 26, 2011

First week in Panama

Wow, so this first week has been amazing! I'm in the clinic Alto Caballero and everyone has been so friendly and helpful. The doctor speaks some English and taught us a lot. His cousin came to the clinic and invited our whole group into her home. She also spoke English because she lived in the US for 2 years. We were so grateful for her generosity, she even gave all of us delicious pear juice! We asked her about what she did to prevent illness and she was very knowledgable about having to wash hands and clean, etc. But she also said during the "dry season" when there is no water they have to wait for the rain to shower and do laundry. She also said they don't have much access
to fruit and vegetables. Going out into the community and talking to the people is my favorite part, especially when we were able to go to the school and interact with the children. The clinic experience has also been great, I've been able to give a lot of vaccines! I'm definitely excited for the next 2 weeks!

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