This is the blog of a brazilian Nurse that lives in Canada and is now working in Colombia with a NGO (I know, it is complicated). Anyways, these are the stories from the field.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
One step closer...
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So the latest is that I am going to Bogota on August 1st and have 2 weeks of spanish classes before I go to Apartado, where the base of the mission is. So I decided to Google Apartado and look what I found:
"Apartadó is a town and municipality in the Antioquia Department, Colombia Is located near the atlantic ocean in the Gulf of Urabá, the economy is based in Bananas and Plantain. The temperature is about 30 degrees Celsius and the relative humidity is above 80% all year round. It is also located in a region of Colombia known to have a large presence of Colombian drug cartels. Inhabitants: 134572" (Wikipedia)
So I guess I don't need to pack any jackets. From there we go on mobile clinics to rural areas.
In terms of comfort, I think I got one of the best missions MSF currently has. At least I will have toilets that actually flush and toilet paper, and even a swimming pool in our guesthouse! I consider myself lucky! Can't wait for August to come!!
Em Portugues:
A ultima noticia eh que eu estarei indo pra Bogota no primeiro de Agosto pra fazer um curso de espanhol de duas semanas e de lah eu vou pra Apartado, onde eh a base da minha missao. Entao eu fui pesquisar no Google onde fica Apartado:
" Apartado eh uma cidade pequena no municipio de Antioquia, Colombia. Eh localizada perto do Oceano Atlantico no golfo the Uraba, a economia eh baseada em plantacoes de banana. A temperatura eh em media 30 graus celcius e a humidade relativa eh acima de 80% o ano todo. Tambem esta localizada em uma regiao da Colombia conhecida pela grande presenca de quadrilhas de drogas. Populacao: 134572 " (Wikipedia)
Entao acho que nao preciso levar nenhum casaco.. De lah a gente vai em clinicas moveis para as regioes mais rurais.
Pelo menos em termos de comforto eu acho que peguei uma das melhores missoes oferecidas pelo MSF. Pelo menos eu vou ter um vaso com descarga e papel higienico, e ate uma piscina na nossa casa! Me considero com sorte! Mal posso esperar pra Agosto chegar!
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Not kidding, this still makes me scared for you. I know that all our missions will be scary, but the whole Proof of Life things sort of turns my hair up on the back of my neck. I know you'll do fine, and in truth, these types of missions are even more important (and rewarding,) because our patients are battling such tough circumstances.
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Thanks Julia, I have the advantage of looking like I'm a local (or at least I think that is an advantage). I still haven't figured out my proof of life questions.. I will be ok though, I'll be careful :)
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