Amazing day

Yesterday we were just going to go on a quick visit to a hospital, we have been to before, to visit the pediatrition and the pediatric ward. The days here almost never turnes out the way we plan them and the pediatric turned out to be in Paris, so after talking to a mother who just gave birth about information on breastfeeding we went with Math to an orphanage near by. On the orphanage they were celebrating the end of term and we got a worm welkomming from both staffmermbers and all of the children. The director showed us around in the new buildings and after that we stayed and talked to the children. We did our best to communicate on our rocky French, but it went surprisingly well. I think that with a lot of willpower you can come a long way. We also thank the children for being so patient and understanding.

The children in the orphanage, that we visited, were between 6 to 14 years old. Our focus for the study is the nutrition for infants (0-12 months), but a big part of the reason for being here is also to se the bigger picture. I explained to one of the girls about our study here in Cameroun. Then she asked me when we were going to do a study on 8 year old girls. My heart sank and I said that I diddnt know.

The children we met were really amazing and I dare to say that the few hours we spent with the children yesterday were some of the most giving hours of my life.

//Frida