On Monday it was back to a working week with Ethembeni. We start most mornings at the Care Centre (CC) and spend the morning with our mentors. I went on a few home visits with Mama Titi and another lovely lady who was being shown where her new paitiants houses were. In the afternoon we normally head to the Family Centre to eat lunch and spend time with the children when they come in from school. Tuesday was very similar, Chloe, Nicola and I spent the morning at the CC organising and marking prices on items for Ethembeni's jumble sale and chatted to the American nurses who have come over for three months study abroad. (They taught us how to take blood pressure!) At the family centre we found ourselves 'attacked' by a group of girls who proceeded to plait our hair. It was not the most relaxing experience but the end result was suprisingly good!
Today I have been with Mama Titi and Sara to Howick with a donation to spend on the 98 children who we visit during the week. We had a budget of 20 rand per child to buy them some toiletries. We were able to get each child one flannel, one toothbrush, one toothpaste and a bar of soap each. To put this into perspective for you all, 20 rand here is 1.45 pounds and we were able to get them all of this which will make such a big difference to them!
It has been a hot hot week so far!! Today it is 36 degrees! I am currently sitting in the family centre and the children are about to come when they finish school. This afternoon I think Chloe, Nicola and myself are going to try and start our English lesson plans for the ladies working with Ethembeni, wish us luck!
Love to all xxx
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