My last day at the clinic

Hard to believe almost five months volunteering at the clinic has come to an end.
My last day was interesting as I got to go on a field trip with a couple of other volunteers and the community health nurse, Karla.


It was kind of like a well baby clinic. The mom's brought the kids, they were weighed and heights taken. The nurse gave them 'a once over', checked the status of their vaccination, etc.






















 The kids were so cute. One little fella provided entertainment.

There is also a community organizer, Leeandra, who lets the mom's know when the nurse will be in the community. She sets up, helps with the kids and documentation (no computers), and then the clean up.






Back at the clinic there was a farewell and then I was on my way!!





The community set up was under a bunch of trees in a yard. Leeandra identified a couple of different fruits that I didn't even see. She called this one a Locust fruit, "like locust and honey in the bible".  I cannot remember the Spanish name.



This one is a monkey something.... both edible so I brought them home to give it a try.









The Locust fruit had a very hard shell and once cracked has quite the odour.  Leandra asked what it smelled like, I said dirty socks....she used a much ruder term.....

When I googled it, apparently another term for it is "Stinky Feet".
The fruit itself did not taste bad. It was like eating dust with flavour. The way to eat it is cut it up and pour honey over it.










Daryl does not look impressed with the smell.

But the taste was ok.






























The monkey fruit had a citrus smell.
It had a starchy texture and kind of tasted like a mango.













I have thoroughly enjoyed my time at the clinic.... who knows maybe one day I will go back again.

Cheers
Ruth