Yesterday we went to the house of an HIV patient. The mother passed away 6 months ago and the father was raising four kids on his own-- two of which had HIV. Their house was a tiny little shack made of metal sheets. They slept on the floor b/c they only had one tiny matress which the baby used and they relied on government aid for food b/c all of the fathers money went towards paying for treatment for the children with HIV. It is such a sad situation!!! But luckily the giraffe project is paying for the schooling of the kids so the father said that he hopes they will have a better future! The man was so grateful that we visited and his optimism was truely inspiring!!! Before I came to Africa I was reading an article by a girl who went with the charity to Nairobi last year and she said after visiting the slums you "lose the right to complain about your life after seeing how the people in the slums live" and after seeing the home of this family and hearing about the way they live, theres no better way to describe how I feel.
O and one thing I forgot to add the the post below is that I got to give a tetanus shot to a patient (by myself!!) and do an HIV test-- which was thankfully negative!
Miss everyone back home! Cant wait to get back-- have so many stories to tell!
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