Tuesday in Uganda

It has been a busy week here in Iganga! Sunday the streets were packed with the community celebrating EDD Day and today was African Child Day. I'm pretty sure our hosts have gone days without sleep. Don't worry Kyemba informed us that Ugandans only require 3 hours of sleep a night. 😜

We started our Tuesday by heading in two different directions. Sam, Emma and Hannah (our art team) headed to the Musana primary school to continue painting the cafeteria. As expected it is amazing. (Pictures to come) Meanwhile Sue, Julie, Laura and I ran around town in preparation for tomorrow's clinic. We now have a full pharmacy in Sue's room. 

(Uganda Team Tip..... always join the errand team since they get lunch at Sol View. )

Then in the afternoon we all gathered, packed ourselves in the van and headed to the African Child Day celebration for Iganda district. We arrived pretty late but we were able to catch a glimpse of the First Lady giving a speech to the children. It was a packed house and filled with children from all the local schools, community advocacy groups and international organizations such as UNICEF, USAID and many more. Musana ran their outreach program and provided medical assessments and dental care. 

Tomorrow will be a full day at a medical clinic. We expect to see 350-400 people. 

❤️

Tamara 

For the sleepy 7

Prayer requests

- Kyemba's sister-in-law who after teaching us how to make Chipati last night, suffered a heart attack. She was taken to a local hospital then transferred to Kampala for further care. 

- Tomorrow's clinic in Idudi. 

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