24/01: Good meeting, good meeting
Ron writes that he participated in some good meetings and plans to schedule some more. His meeting with one of the members of the Education Sector of UNICEF yielded valuable information on how the Ministry of Education was targeting education needs in Northern Bahr-el-Gahzal. "The MoEST determines the priorities, and communicates that to UNICEF. Together they try to find a partner to do the work." We're on the radar of the Ministry of Education and UNICEF -- let's see if we'll be a candidate for some of their upcoming projects.
A good meeting, too, in Wunlang. (Ron drove the team there in a car lent to him by a nearby church group.) He toured the brickmaking; construction should start in March. We have a new contractor, from RhumAthoi. "I’m hoping to meet him before I leave, but Angelo and Yel have everything under control and there is really nothing specific I need to discuss with him." What a testimony that is to the growing skill of our field managers!
"We had long meeting with the Wunlang elders, including the water and health committees, including the women. (The teachers were not around {it is school vacation until Feb. 1}, so the education committee was not well represented.) The head of the water committee in Wunlang will help organize the water committee in Machartit, the intended site of the next bore hole where people are still suffering badly. I will take more time later to brief you on the elders meeting, but suffice it to say, the village is very energized and mobilized and
thankful for the changes done and still to come.
"The women were amazing. Several of them are traditional health workers who have been trained by MSF. They are so eager to have the clinic to make their work easier and
more effective."
Later, "we visited the land donated for the orphanage and women’s multi-purpose
center. It is very beautiful and so much more expansive than I had imagined. I met the elders who donated the land to us, and expressed my gratitude."
More meetings planned, and more photos. We wait for news of both.
A good meeting, too, in Wunlang. (Ron drove the team there in a car lent to him by a nearby church group.) He toured the brickmaking; construction should start in March. We have a new contractor, from RhumAthoi. "I’m hoping to meet him before I leave, but Angelo and Yel have everything under control and there is really nothing specific I need to discuss with him." What a testimony that is to the growing skill of our field managers!
"We had long meeting with the Wunlang elders, including the water and health committees, including the women. (The teachers were not around {it is school vacation until Feb. 1}, so the education committee was not well represented.) The head of the water committee in Wunlang will help organize the water committee in Machartit, the intended site of the next bore hole where people are still suffering badly. I will take more time later to brief you on the elders meeting, but suffice it to say, the village is very energized and mobilized and
thankful for the changes done and still to come.
"The women were amazing. Several of them are traditional health workers who have been trained by MSF. They are so eager to have the clinic to make their work easier and
more effective."
Later, "we visited the land donated for the orphanage and women’s multi-purpose
center. It is very beautiful and so much more expansive than I had imagined. I met the elders who donated the land to us, and expressed my gratitude."
More meetings planned, and more photos. We wait for news of both.
