once Germany and Back 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.
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