Last week was hard work, mostly due to me. I think that I am
trying too hard (what, you naomi?) so
have sought wise advice and now propose a new course of action for next week –
taking each case at a less frenetic pace and feeling my way through a bit more.
We shall see!
Despite being rather taxing, last week was also very
interesting because we started working on a plantation. There are a number of
plantations around and this has the added bonus of being a little bit higher up,
so therefore a little bit cooler (every degree less heat counts!) The crops are
sprayed and a number of workers we saw were sprayers. Now these people are
given proper protective gear, but I guess in this heat it is tempting to remove
it, so they can suffer from a reaction to the spray. This is obviously
unfortunate and is best avoided, but from our viewpoint it means that it is
likely that we will be able to find a few remedies that consistently help with
the problems with the spraying (genus epidemicus). So again, let’s see how we go.
Another bonus of plantations is that they irrigate the crops
and on the way to a different clinic we found this valuable. The front
windscreen was dusty (when is it ever not?) so I pulled up alongside a field
and waited for the spray to rotate my way – then put the wipers on to give a
good clean. The children alongside the road looked on in amazement.
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