Last weekend saw us go to the 50th birthday party for Carol (someone we know from
During the week we were invited for a meal to Mama Asantes house. Her door frame had recently collapsed. However, that didn’t stop the invite. Unlike some of the houses we have been invited to, Mama Asante’s house doesn’t have smooth floors and painted walls but is a simple construction of mud bricks with rough walls and floor. However the welcome couldn’t have been warmer and we were treated to meat and rice which would have been quite an expense for her and she would have saved up over many weeks. During the evening we discovered that she was down to her last bucket of maize. We had given her a salary advance when we arrived which should have provided her with adequate food. However, we believe that, as is the culture here, when one person has some food or money they are expected to share this with friends or other members of the family, so her money will have gone, Because her husband suffers from epilepsy they survive on what we pay for part time work (about £16 per month) and growing tomatoes. A bucket of maize costs £4 and lasts about 3 weeks (if no family come to visit). They have no money to buy any more. And yet, because she has a job they would probably not be regarded as desperate enough to deserve a share of the Hunger Fund we distributed last week.
At work it was decided that next Wednesday the Hospital DDH Governing Board will meet. This is the first meeting since the Hospital became a
There will also be interviews next week for a new accountant and administrator. Malcolm visited the Diocese General Secretary in
The egg saga continues. We were quite impressed as last weekend the chickens had produced 4 eggs in 2 days; this means that two chickens must have been laying. However Jet has become broody and we have decided to let her keep 2 eggs to sit on and hopefully hatch. Since then only 1 other egg has appeared in 5 days! We cant decide if this is because Jet is now hogging the communal nest or whether its because their food has run a bit low. Malcolm has just managed to bring a large sack of chicken food back from his trip to
Next week:
- Interviews for a new accountant on Tuesday
- First DDH Health Board on Wednesday
- John Clark, secondary school headmaster, returns to
- Will the cost of eggs drop???? Will any more eggs drop????
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