Journal 10-1-2010
So far our first day at Karigiri has been very enjoyable. John and I woke up at 6:53 to go running Leah also joined us. We ran a short distance from the guesthouse then turned left down a gravel trail. This trail took us down through some beautiful fields alongside a rocky hill.
When we made it around the hill we got into a village where people stared laughed and smiled shyly as I ran by (by this time the others were behind me somewhere). The village road eventually came to a dead end. So I ran back through the village and someone pointed out another road to me. I took this road for a while, then turned back. I am fairly certain that this road goes all the way around the hill. I am going find out tomorrow morning. I felt pretty tired by the time I got back to the room. I plan to keep running while we are here, the area around Karigiri is perfect for it!
After we showered and ate breakfast we went to the Training Center building where we found an office and meet Dr. Samuel Solomon. He was extremely helpful. He asked us what we were interested in studying and arranged for us to meet the people in charge of those departments. We visited the occupational therapy department where we talked to people who do nerve impairment testing in diabetes and leprosy patients. Then we went to the ophthalmology department where we were introduced to the head doctor and Leah was able to get input about her vision-screening project.
Then we went to go see the research lab. The PHD student who was running the lab told us about a number of really interesting projects being done in the lab. John and I both immediately wanted to try to do projects in this lab. Unfortunately when we started to mention this she told us that she didn’t think it was possible because of time and funding issues.
We ate lunch at about 12:30 then sat in the library and read up on leprosy until the School of Nursing’s lamp lighting ceremony at 3:30.
The lighting of lams represents the end of the 30 day trial period and the for 1st year nursing student’s. More importantly it represents the commitment to the nursing profession. The students also take the Florentine oath at this ceremony.
We didn’t do much for the rest of the night.
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