Friday, July 22, 2011

What exactly is Isaac doing?

So what exactly are Isaac and Dennis doing while Dr. Troy Lund and I are trying to be doctors in Uganda? They are working for Margaret and Angella. Margaret Perko is in her second year at University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth. Angella Kabatooro is a Uganda trained physician. They both work for Dr. Troy Lund's foundation which is

Medicine for Sick Children


Here is a picture of Dr. Lund











Medicine for Sick Children seeks out the orphanages that are Not supported by a Big Church and that lack even the most basic supplies needed to keep children healthy.












They assess and document their needs and then use their foundation dollars and Dr. Lund and Angela's contacts and expertise to obtain supplies
including medicines, vitamins, protein supplements, mosquito nets, etc.












In rare cases they have found "orphanage" situations that are so appalling that they have notified authorities resulting in children being sent to better living situations that they have identified. They are predominantly in Africa but they have responded with aid to an orphanage in Afghanistan that they were alerted to by US military personnel there who found out about the foundation via Google search.
All day, every day while Margaret is here they troop around to the orphanages evaluating and documenting and delivering. There is also shopping, sorting and packaging. In addition, Isaac and Dennis look for things they can fix or improve with tools or paint.











Here are Isaac and Margaret at one of the orphanages -



























Here is Dennis. He took most of these photo's.












Yesterday they thought that they had a casual agreement to meet one of their local adult contacts to learn about African music. They were busy with orphanage visits and showed up two hours after the suggested time (remember TIA?) only to find that the man had lined up FIFTY school children who had waited for TWO HOURS (with teachers, school principle, etc,etc) to perform for them. Apparently everyone was very excited when they did arrive and put on one heck of a show.























And what did I do today? I pushed glass around on a crappy microscope.











Well, only after the cleaning lady let me enter the room...












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Location:Kampala, Uganda

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