We had a very long day on Wednesday. We visited an HIV clinic that opened in 2009. They have a public health officer named Kawumo Simuete. They do testing and provide Anti retroviral treatment (ART) to people who are a CD4 of 350. They start women at at 500 count. This decreases the baby being born with HIV. The clinic is understaffed due to a lack of local housing. Stuart is one of the many caregivers we met with. We rode on bikes to visit one of his clients. Both the mother and son are HIV positive, but are staying well with the help of caregiver visits and the HIV clinic.
Before the end of our partnership celebration, we visited four food security garden projects. All of the families are able to provide enough food for their extended families and have extra to sell in Choma, Livingston, etc. In the evening after it was dark, we gathered with the villagers for a show of the 2008 to 2010 visits to Siabbeula. It was a very emotional experience.
(Again, pictures are arriving slowly. I will add them when they come in.)
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