Canadian Sponsored Maternity / Birthing Centre

Since the carpenter was using the only ladder to hang the eaves trough and fascia I decided to go for a walk in a different area. I ended up in the area where the merchants from main street live- it is middle class with nice houses with grass and fairly clean streets.I located another movie theatre and a local pub called the Freedom Bar - I didn't stop in though.  New area of town so more kids calling out to me.

We decided that we would go to a Canadian sponsored Birthing/maternity centre. It was located about 10km from us in the country. It was a very nice location where the Canadians had trained some local midwives and they in tern were providing info and help to expectant mothers. They have also expanded to give general health talks to the women and teenagers of the community. The centre also does HIV and STD testing for the mothers and advises them on precautions.  We maybe able to cultivate a partnership with them, giving them some books and other stuff in return for them coming to do a presentation/info session at the library weekly. There are so many opportunities that time / money / language can bridge. They have a garden and all the plants are identified and their medicinal properties are listed which is quite interesting as you walk about the grounds. We also learned that the Canadians stay in a different guest house from ours so we headed there Thursday morning to find that it was almost 1/2 the price so we will be changing as soon as our time at the present one is over.

Last night there was a disco in town. Apparently these travel about the country and it was Luweero's turn. We didn't stay in town for the action as it didn't start till 10pm (we are at the house by 9 most nights). We could hear it though till 4am. We also figure the "town crier" was also there as he did not start at 6 today....

Kyanja is feeling better and apparently missing his "English friends" so Sue is hoping to bring him back from town today. Yes she did have to go back in to complete the TIN process!

We are hoping the contractor will be finished today and the girls can have some rest before we start the library building next week (I am hopeful)