Today we went on our first outreach to Masaaka. We split into two groups and took people's medical problems, blood pressure, and personal information. I worked with Steven, Jude, Lara, and translator/Dr. Steven. We had a good time hiking in and out of the cornfields getting from house to house. We tried to buy hot peppers (think Cape Verdian piri piri) at one house and they gave us all they had drying in the sun for free. It was really neat for me to see something from Cape Verde all the way in Uganda.
During our outreach we ran into a girl with a high fever, headache and the vomitted in front of us. We all felt really bad for her and the seeming neglect from her family allowing her to lie in the sun in this condition.
Walking up the mountains was absolutely beautiful. It's weird being back. Very surreal.
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