Calendar of Events

We were pretty sure that most of you would find it very uninteresting if all of our blog updates were simply a list of who we had been hanging out with, what work we have been doing, etc. But, we didn't want you all to think we were waisting precious tax payer money, so we decided to create this page, which we will continually update, for our events. We thought people would like to know what "productive" things we have been up to, so here are brief descriptions of what work related things we have been doing.

10/09/06 Presentation of creating insect repellent (Neem Creme) from the leaves of local tree species. 20 women attended and many more asked about it afterwards.
10/12/06 Went to a ladies house and taught here indivdually how to make Neem Creme, and talked about the benefits of producing it in mass quantities and selling it.
10/28/06 Installed a scale, which Christine designed from local materials, at the infirmary. This will help us weigh infants.
10/29/06 Callobrated scale and illicited help from Mamadu Gui Camera, local store owner and member of the health committee, and treasurer of the infirmary.
10/30/06 Measure childrens arms ages 1-5 and weighed kids 1 year or less. In total measured 241 kids.
10/31/06 Measured kids in the morning. Presentation in afternoon. Over 50 women showed up. Mamadu Gui Camera, Bakari Thiem, and Howa Macerie Camera spoke about importance of a clean city, throwing away trash, cleaning streets, and our role as volunteers.
11/1/06 Presentation on Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS). Taught Mia Kudabelli how to make ORS at home and sang songs we made up in Soninke to teach the seven children in her compound about the importance of washing hands.
11/3/06 Planted corn and beans in mens cooperative gardent. Had a small discussion with Samba Lolo Ndiaye about the dustbowl and the benefits of keepin trees in fields.
11/7/06 Composting presentation in womens cooperative garden. Eight women showed up.
11/11/06 ORS presentation with Boyi Sankari and two other mothers. Taught children songs we made up in Soninke about washing hands and drinking clean water.
Arrived with Doulos and did preliminary work for opening the Child Feeding Center (CAC).
11/12/06 Remeasure specific kids for CAC.
11/13/06 Finished preliminaries for CAC.
11/15/06 Started first garden plot in womens cooperative garden.
11/20/06 Composting presentation in womens cooperative garden. 10 people showed up.
11/21/06 Christine did first nutritional presentation at CAC.
12/04/06 Planted garden plots and helped Bonko Ndiaye transplant lettuce.
12/09/06 Finished first layer of womens coop compost bin.
12/10/06 Dug compost pit with Cruella and transplanted lettuce.
12/11/06 Taught Jagelli Dianiafaba how to use hot compresses to relieve puss in childs abcess.
12/12/06 Finished last layer of Cruellas compost.
12/10-12/06 Helped transplant eggplant, lettuce, and tomatoes in womens coop.
12/13/06 Christine gave a presentation to the CAC concerning dehydration. It was well attended. Lee had a hand washing station and taught a hand washing song in Soninke. Doulos gave out food to the mothers and taught one mother how to care for all the childrens wounds.

If people have specific questions on any of these events please let us know by posting on our page and we will fill in more details.