by Kelli Donley | Jun 26, 2008 | Africa, Journal, Public Health
Three orphanages and two days and I am spiritually spent. Thank you for your kind comments on the last post. My Internet time is fairly limited while I am here but I can’t tell you how much your comments cheer me on. Thank you. Today we traveled to Dondo to work...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 24, 2008 | Africa, Journal, Public Health
I am back in Mozambique, working at our health project and adjusting from the life of a spoiled expat to a quickly overwhelmed NGO worker. Today I started out in Mbatwe, a small village of mud huts built near the airport in Beira. We have had an on-going health...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 8, 2008 | Journal, Kitchen Talk, Public Health, Travel
Griselda, my godson’s mother, invited our her home for lunch on our last day in Jinotega. She made an amazing pot of chicken soup with countless vegetables. Here she stokes the fire to get the soup boiling. Back in the kitchen, she and one of her girlfriends...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 8, 2008 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
The cathedral in Jinotega. One of many statues inside the churches we visited. These buildings are remnants of Spanish colonization and are silent sanctuaries in the otherwise noisy cities across the country. The cathedral from the view of the wildly colorful...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 8, 2008 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
This is what a home looks like after we’ve finished a roof. These homes cost our organization $3,000 each — much more now that gas prices have risen. Many of the materials are transported from the capital. To qualify for one of these homes, the family must...
by Kelli Donley | Jun 4, 2008 | Journal, Public Health, Travel
The last three days have left me a bit crippled. I am not cut out for manual labor. Triathlons? No problem. Running, hiking, sewing like a sweatshop worker? Cake. Digging ditches, moving heavy roof tiles, shoveling countless truck loads of sand? I am worthless. And...
