Alice in Africa

Hi again, everyone. Tatiana here, helping out our lovely Alice once again. Enjoy!

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I guess it’s about time for an update – not really sure what to write!
Work goes on as usual at an “Ethiopian” pace, and I have been
completely blessed in having met and made many friends, both Ethiopian
and ex-pats.

Work is going…with the power schedule – sometimes it is difficult to
know if there will be electricity when I get to work (and this is in a
huge hospital) – problems with Ethiopian infrastructure continue to
all areas of the country I guess. It took me two weeks to get a SIM
card because the telecommunications in this country is completely
controlled by the government and there were too many SIM cards on the
network so they’re just not issuing them anymore!

I will be traveling to some more villages this week – I have 8 total
to get to and have only been to 3 so far so I need to get to the
others to make sure that I will be able to write my report at the end
of the summer. Until then I will begin analyzing the data I have.

I am very happy with my living situation – renting the room is working
out very well. The Ethiopian women working there have adopted me into
their work family and I feel happy to have people around to talk to.

People have mentioned sending me stuff…I don’t think it’s possible -
but I will look into it.