Today we were supposed to have our second health camp which would focus on the women’s health camp. We were supposed to have the nurse from Elrod middle school to come and talk to the parents at Los Arcos about the services they provide for the children and how they can get it. Unfortunately, the nurse wasn’t able to come due to some certain circumstances.
We decided to still go ahead with the health camp despite that circumstance.
The health camp was scheduled to start at 12:00 pm and around 12:30 pm no lady had shown up yet. Myself and another intern took the liberty to go around the community with a translator to recruit people for the health camp. Most of the community members were preparing to go for a conference at church, others weren’t comfortable leaving their kids at home without them being watched over. Most of all, it was a rainy stormy day so most people just wanted to stay in. Instead of shutting down the entire health camp, we had some kids who came in and we painted their nails for them. After that, we all sat down to watch a movie. Towards the end we gave them some stuffed animals to play with and they also had some samosa.
I learned something significant today which was to always make the best out of every situation. Next week we plan to strategize more appropriately for the last health camp to be a huge success.
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