I'm not from Canada no I'm from Chorlton.....

Today I met the VSO professional volunteer from the hospital and its turns out she is called Clare not Clara and she is from Chorlton not Canada! She seems really nice and has been here since Feb. Our work crosses over it seems so we are going to meet with her tomorrow to discuss the program and the plans for the coming cycle of Health volunteers.

Me and Aive also started visiting the various host homes within the community and there is definitely some contrast between the different houses, it will be interesting to see how the volunteers react to their accommodation as some of the homes and facilities are much more traditional than others and none have western toilets. I think it might take some of the UK volunteers a while to adjust. I guess thats why Me and Aive are here though, supporting them. All the families seem really kind and caring and are excited to meet the volunteers.

We also today started to prepare our sessions for the volunteer in country training which will start on the 17th nov.... We are leading some sessions but will also be observing the volunteers for the most part to decide who will be placed with who and in which  host home. We will also complete our initial 1:1s with the volunteers and discuss their expectations and what they hope to achieve during the program.

I'm full of a stinking cold which I'm really not happy about and the weather is also not so warm here at the minute : ( 

I bought some lemon from the market and have boiled it in water and have been drinking it so hopefully it will help. My host mother has also given me a cold tablet which I am just about to take, I'm normally really wary of taking foreign medication but going to make an exception this time as I'm feeling quite rotten and really need my sleep.

Tomorrow we should be visiting the hospital and government office as we were unable to make contact with the correct people in order to do it today, we also need to go shopping for bed sheets for volunteer host homes and Mosquitos nets and finish planning the training plus we have 3 more host home visits to complete!! Busy busy busy!