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The farewell to Germany we would have fallen much harder than we expected. Heavier than when we first leave the country. At that time, 9 months ago we knew absolutely not what we would expect to find in Lugala and We had actually set for the worst. Our expectations were pleasantly surprised, we have arranged with the life here and do our job in the hospital without any great illusions. This work does, unfortunately, also the daily confrontation with indifference, denial of reality and often have low levels of responsibility. This change from one dominated world of rational thought in the African culture is not easy for us. But what is left of our vacation in your mind?

First : that with the expected recovery has become nothing. We'd really need to know-in the fullness of the project and tasks. Perhaps I had simply made too much, after 9 months was the first opportunity and since you can sometimes lose the right measure.

Second : it was a pleasure to see again once temperatures below 10 degrees, although the crash of about 40 degrees when we left Lugala to freezing temperatures during our stay in Arnstadt and elsewhere was a bit violent . We can imagine that the ongoing snowfall (from which we learn via the Internet) is really annoying, I was certainly very grateful to experience a winter landscape.

Third : Food. We started with pork / sauerkraut and Erbspürree and ended with duck. In the days in between all the delicious German food, of course, we have increased both anything. Next time a few words about our eating habits here in the bush.

Fourth: we think that the Europeans appreciate the people here probably never fully or even understand. The habits of mind are just too different. We have noticed that some well-meant advice - in Europe this or that might be taken forward, but here the people tick just different. An example: we have very a space for newly burned children (happens often) set up, paid for by SOLID ARMED. Everything is tiled and there is a trough in which the young patients in need can be roars with warm water. Yesterday there was quite a stir - the patients and their families wash mountains full of clothes in the bath and the special treatment room has turned into a wash-house. They said that was practical and obvious, especially since most of our patients probably out of the bush have never heard of a bath, let alone have seen. The tub was full of sand and very dirty. We have had a somewhat different view.

Meanwhile we have here in the hospital the day again and that means, among other things: our accounting assistant is for 3 weeks vacation, that all work remains with us hanging, Beate takes care of the future of the finances and management of the nursing school (which now has 100 students) , a clinical officer is cut off by DAR - despite a written commitment to work according to the study paid by the hospital here a few years. In addition, last week was without signing a retired teacher at the door the next day and wanted to start working as a trainer for the nurses. Just under a year she had requested and now she has decided. All of a sudden. The `s had to first to be accommodated in the guesthouse. The students are by the way .... even during the Christmas holidays In addition, later this month over 2 million TSH additional payment to a former clinical officer due. This has disappeared several years ago after a dispute with the former hospital doctor during the night and fog, a proper notice was not made retroactively. So he was still officially employed. Although he was never seen again here, since then working in another hospital, he had successfully appealed to the regional office of the Tanzanian trade union unity to "lost wages". What can we say. Thursday evening at 22.00 clock are - of course-three unannounced Representatives of social security on the compound will be housed and fed. You want to conclude contracts with employees so that they, their spouses and children treated in sickness free. The hospital receives a fixed amount for each. The whole affair is well known for weeks, forms should be completed and passport photos to be done but nothing is ready. It's all just lying there. Beatrice has a long two days filled with all forms, copies of marriage and birth certificates. It continues with the laboratory staff: The laboratory is staffed pretty well. They have found their own regime and do not have to work overtime, do not understand why they do not still get extra allowances.

That should be enough. In a previous post by a pink flowering tree was the speech, the name was not familiar to me. It is a Bauhinia, orchid tree also called and named after the switzerland / French. Bauhin botanists.

P.

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this short paper I had written before mid-November after we left Germany and password set, so at this point as an afterthought, since the issue is currently still in place and every day we find all the other big and small surprises busy.

On the last weekend of October a very expensive election campaign came to an end and all of Tanzania were invited to choose a new government. Predictably, remains President Kikwete further 5 years in office. In particular, the voices of the Tanzanian Government officials and all other state employees, he could probably be safe. The government has shown previously at their best again and increased the salaries of government employees by 28% completely covered, whether the facilities, including hospitals, it can cope financially or not. Of the 80 employees of the Lutheran Hospital Lugala 18 paid by the government on this claim, of course, not want to miss. be found quite apart from that it also increases our employer, a balance had to the other hospital employees. There was a meeting every day, subject: take one bit and the other to give something. And in the end no one is entirely satisfied. For us, this is obviously a difficult situation, because reserves are not there and the savings potential is exhausted. There will be no redundancies as possible. Thus, we expect to and fro, without reaching a satisfactory solution.

B.

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2010 elections back from home leave

Now we're back for a week in Lugala. For the return journey we had probably chosen the right day when we see that Germany is sinking in the snow, roads blocked and airports closed. At least, the news on the Internet.

With our luggage we had exhausted the 40 kg for each almost the whole case took 72 kg on the scale, primarily because of the tools, surgical materials and equipment for the hospital. For our purely private things probably would have been enough to hand luggage. The interested in. Fortunately, not all the luggage. The saw blades, because we had to unpack the suitcase on the flight home went smoothly this time in Berlin by the control. worked with the circular saw blades our carpenter for 20 years. Finally, was hardly an ordinary cutting is possible and so we brought the blades for sharpening. Mr. Steikert of the CNC - Tool grinding Steikert in Göllingen she has kindly sharpened free of charge for us.

Kuandika, our driver picked us up at the airport on Wednesday afternoon and then began already equal to the stress. Since Independence Day on Thursday, and thus national holiday, was all purchases had done just after our arrival will be, so drugs at two different wholesalers Kuandika had a list of spare parts for vehicles, of which he still before our arrival nicht alle besorgen konnte und natürlich auch diverse Lebensmittel und andere notwendige Dinge für die nächsten Wochen (wie Nudeln, Butter, Olivenöl, Kaffe, Waschpulver....), auch für den Arzt Peter Hellmold, der uns seine Einkaufsliste geschickt hatte. Das alles nach einem Temperatursprung von 40° nach einer fast schlaflosen Nacht im Flugzeug. Es war ganz schön anstrengend und wir sind abends todmüde ins Bett gefallen.

In Dar es Salaam gab es noch eine sehr schöne Aufgabe zu erledigen, wir haben Spendengeld aus Deutschland umgesetzt. Am letzten Tag zu Hause erreichte uns eine E-Mail von Peter Hellmold, wir sollten bitte in Dar ein Lichtmikroskop für unser Labor kaufen, er hatte es in a laboratory equipment ordered by phone. Our old microscope has withdrawn permanently and become unusable. This microscope is designed for daily observations but absolutely necessary (especially for malaria and stool tests, as most patients, mainly children verwurmt,). The microscope cost 2 million Tan.Schilling, about 1000 €. So we have the generous donation of the architects Utta Enderlein with the proceeds from stamp sales to the Friends of the stamp collectors Harri Bechtel and postcards from my father, and Ebay auctions professionals increased, and it paid for the microscope. Our laboratory manager, Mr. Kaberege, it has delighted in Empang and put into operation immediately.

Mr. Kaberege and Mama Chogo went with a new microscope

On Thursday, then a jerk as far as Lugala, 13 hour drive. After the first rains, the road from Ifakara was partially eroded very. We were lucky that no truck is stuck on the track and, like the day before blocking the road. Thus, there are difficulties here as there, with us it's the mud, the snow in Germany.

Here we were received by then equal to the usual hospital everyday life with all its (financial) trouble. We have been welcomed, the us of course happy.
Revenue in recent months after the harvest well, but it is still the problem with the totally inadequate salaries increased. Even before we left for Germany, there were countless meetings and had in fact agreed on a compromise, but was not implemented with the salary payment in late November ....

be here by and by the ripe mangoes. We have already eaten plenty, it's really a pleasure. Instead of mulled wine at the end tastes mango juice with a shot ...
We now feel comfortable temperatures about 30 degrees, it is not quite as pungent as hot as in front of our departure, but this quite humid. However, the expected rain in recent days failed to materialize, there 'is always brewing up a few clouds, but it is not a drop.

I come with the air fares well, Peter, it may well prefer a little colder. The short-lived severe winter in Germany has been enough to me completely.

B.