Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Latest from Mozambique
Greetings from Beira!! Hope you are all fine!
Got back to Mozambique yesterday...into serious heat and more serious lack of rain for crops. I went through Johannesburg ,South Africa, where World Cup Soccer will start June 11th. The soccer mania is at fever pitch, and all the prices of things in the airport have gone way up!!
The winter Olympics are not being covered in Mozambique,(funny thing about that!)
Off continent topic...Heard that Riley Masters from Bangor , U Maine sophomore, ran a sub 4 minute mile last weekend. How brilliant and exciting!!
Just chatted with a Mom selling bananas across the street. She has 6 kids, her husband left and there is no money to send the children to school...even elementary school. Would like to remake the point that universal, free education is a remarkable concept and hardly universal. Attending school is quite a privilege.
Am forwarding you a note from Zimbabwe from the new Hospital Administrator at Mt. Selinda Hospital where we used to work....note and photo follow. Look at that baby’s fierce determination in her face.
Many Greetings and all the Best for a great school year 2010!!! Would love to hear your news! Ms. Wesson/Emily
"Please send thoughts for Baby Surprise One. (Her Shona name is Ngotenda which means Thank You.) Surprise was born January 12 weighing 950 grams (2 pounds) and she dropped to 750 grams. (1.6 pounds) Amazingly, at age three weeks, she is fighting hard with almost no medical intervention. All we can do for her are keep her warm, feed her with a cup or NG tube and weigh her every other day. Her mother, Concelia, is a sweet woman who is very dedicated to her baby. "
Got back to Mozambique yesterday...into serious heat and more serious lack of rain for crops. I went through Johannesburg ,South Africa, where World Cup Soccer will start June 11th. The soccer mania is at fever pitch, and all the prices of things in the airport have gone way up!!
The winter Olympics are not being covered in Mozambique,(funny thing about that!)
Off continent topic...Heard that Riley Masters from Bangor , U Maine sophomore, ran a sub 4 minute mile last weekend. How brilliant and exciting!!
Just chatted with a Mom selling bananas across the street. She has 6 kids, her husband left and there is no money to send the children to school...even elementary school. Would like to remake the point that universal, free education is a remarkable concept and hardly universal. Attending school is quite a privilege.
Am forwarding you a note from Zimbabwe from the new Hospital Administrator at Mt. Selinda Hospital where we used to work....note and photo follow. Look at that baby’s fierce determination in her face.
Many Greetings and all the Best for a great school year 2010!!! Would love to hear your news! Ms. Wesson/Emily
"Please send thoughts for Baby Surprise One. (Her Shona name is Ngotenda which means Thank You.) Surprise was born January 12 weighing 950 grams (2 pounds) and she dropped to 750 grams. (1.6 pounds) Amazingly, at age three weeks, she is fighting hard with almost no medical intervention. All we can do for her are keep her warm, feed her with a cup or NG tube and weigh her every other day. Her mother, Concelia, is a sweet woman who is very dedicated to her baby. "
“If we took an eye for an eye, the whole world would be blind.” M. Gandhi
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