2013.07.19 Medical Outreach in Big Bend
The second time I joined the medical outreach, it was totally different from the first time in ACC. The outreach was held in a school near Big Bend, where is the bend of Usutu River(the biggest river in Swaziland).
We arrived at the school around nine o'clock, and started the mission after taking the group picture. Five doctors and one dentist was in charged for the outreach. Compared to the last one, there were roughly 380 patients, which were about two times than last time. I was in charged to direct the way for patients. Standing outside all day long wasn't an easy job since the wind was so strong that it blew lots of sand. But compared to the doctors, our duty seemed much easier!
Kids around the school liked our cameras. They just asked us to take one picture and the other. Maybe that would be the only chance for them to take pictures in their whole life.
Even though join an outreach is a really exhausting work, I enjoy it a lot. Only if we step into the rural area, we can see the real Swaziland, where E10 is enough for a five people family per day, where people walk 3 hours for treatment because they normally have no money to pay, where kids can be easily satisfied with a single photo. We already have so much that we should always be grateful!