I was supposed to meet one of the staff members to help him translate some stories into English and type them up. So after prayer after people finished socializing and going about their work I went to find him and asked him if we're still on to sit down. He's like yeah, sure, just give me 5 minutes and I'll be back. One hour later he was no where to be seen, and finally called him, and he's like I'm on my way back. He was truthful, he got there within 2 minutes, but then tells me his write-up is at home so we can't finish this now anyways. So I'm left wondering why he would have told me to wait 5 minutes in the first place...Luckily, I've learned the ways of Indian Standard Time (IST) and ate lunch and finished up some other work instead of patiently waiting for "5 minutes." I don't know if expecting IST is a good thing or a bad thing, but I suppose it makes me more efficient so I can't complain!
We hosted a dental awareness camp at the ashramshala on Thursday. This is through the same people that did our dental camp - Thursday afternoons are their community outreach times, so we have them setup to come to 4 different places the next 4 weeks and work with the kids. First we introduced dental hygiene and talked about the importance of teeth. We showed pictures of teeth of movie stars - one with smiling faces and one with their teeth blacked out - and asked the kids which one they preferred. Obviously we know what they said! Then the dental students did a skit about teeth - there were 2 brothers, one who brushed his teeth and ate right, and the other who didn't brush and ate candy all day. We all know which one ended up having cavities, bad breath, and gum disease. Then the students showed the kids how to brush their teeth and talked about when to brush, how to brush, why to brush etc. Last they did a dental screening on all of the kids and filled out a form on each child. We will follow-up all of the kids with problems in our dental clinic at the community center. All of the kids got a coloring book, crayons, toothpaste, and toothbrush. The kids had a lot of fun, as did the students, who were really happy that they could do outreach where it really was needed.
More pictures here :)
So it's starting to get warm outside, which means - lizard time! They're starting to appear on the walls everywhere. We were having our volunteer meeting on Friday and not one, but two fell on me. It was one of the scariest things ever. And the lizards are all white, so they look albino, which makes them more scary.
We're planning a comprehensive health camp for later this month. I don't know the details of what organization this is organized through, but basically they have physicians for 7-8 different specialties present (peds, gynac etc) who provide screening for patients. They also give away things like 100 free prescription eyeglasses and more. This will be an organizational nightmare, especially since most of the staff will be busy with a craftroots presentation that date, but it should be a good leadership experience!
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