Community Outreach

For the past few weeks I have had the opportunity to go along on some outreaches in and around Jos. Faith Alive is doing these outreaches and the goal is to test 4000 pregnant women for HIV by September. We also take blood pressures in these communities. It has been great to see the community aspect of what Faith Alive does. Because with healthcare you need to go to the people because many times they won't come to you.

This is the red bus we always travel in. These are some Faith Alive staff who  run the outreaches.
In the picture: Isaiah, me, Timothy, Tessa (fellow SALTer)

                            Break time under the shade. Sometimes we do testing outside, in clinics or churches.

And sometimes we try the local food. This is local yogurt or "no-no" as they call it here. Ladies walk around with the yogurt in a pail and then add sugar and millet to the bowl of yogurt as you want to eat it. It definitely had a more " barnyard" taste and was a bit more sour but it was alright to eat some of it