Had a good meeting with St. Elizabeth/Ithna Asheri students today. I love visiting a hospital and seeing that the students are doing well and getting things done. It makes my job easier.
St. Elizabeth has a fundi (technician) who works very closely with the students. Students are usually much more productive when they can learn from a fundi with many years of experience in hospitals. It's also easier for the students to befriend the hospital staff when they are introduced by a respected fundi. This makes it much easier for students to get equipment to work on.
During the time I visited, the students fixed a lamp (simple short circuit) and a head phone jack as personal favor for the receptionist. While repairing a pair of headphones may not be the most helpful fix for the hospital, it's still good for maintaining positive staff relations! I am not worried about this group at all.
I took the students and their fundi out to a restaurant in "Wazungu Square" (white people square). It's so descriptively named because the restaurants in this area cater to tourists in terms of dishes they serve and their prices. I had a panini...didn't think I would find one in Africa.
Sometimes I forget to take pictures at the hospital (like today) and just end up posting pictures of food. Sorry about that. It gives a very biased impression of Tanzania since I'm only showing you the nice areas. I don't have many pictures of Tanzanian streets/buildings/markets/people because I try to limit how many times I take my camera out in public.
I will do my best to take more pictures and give a more accurate picture of Tanzania.
St. Elizabeth has a fundi (technician) who works very closely with the students. Students are usually much more productive when they can learn from a fundi with many years of experience in hospitals. It's also easier for the students to befriend the hospital staff when they are introduced by a respected fundi. This makes it much easier for students to get equipment to work on.
During the time I visited, the students fixed a lamp (simple short circuit) and a head phone jack as personal favor for the receptionist. While repairing a pair of headphones may not be the most helpful fix for the hospital, it's still good for maintaining positive staff relations! I am not worried about this group at all.
I took the students and their fundi out to a restaurant in "Wazungu Square" (white people square). It's so descriptively named because the restaurants in this area cater to tourists in terms of dishes they serve and their prices. I had a panini...didn't think I would find one in Africa.
They even had gelato! Naturally, I got coffee flavored.
I will do my best to take more pictures and give a more accurate picture of Tanzania.
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