June 8th, 2009
Carol and Carol
The earth shook last night! I thought it might be a really huge truck going by but there was no noise …….and it wasn’t a truck, it was a “sismo” (Spanish for earthquake). Pretty minor but what a weird feeling.
We are the two Carol’s. Carol and I are going to the public school tomorrow to do the hand washing presentation and spent time this morning preparing the craft materials. Here you see us cutting up ribbons and punching holes in the stars for the hand washing medals.
Rosa and her baby
Rosa's kids, Elvin and Nelson
This afternoon Telma and I visited Rosa (whose babe is now 4 weeks old). We know Rosa because she works here at the Posada as a cleaning person. She is now a single mother of three. Their accommodation is one room (12×9), with one single cot & a table that holds a one burner hot plate. Her sister and brother in law stay there as well and sleep on what there is left of floor space at night. We brought the children each a t-shirt from my donated supply and a couple of toys as well as some basic food stuffs.
As luck would have it, a representative of the Health Ministry is staying here this week and is responsible for the supervision of the maternity clinic outside of Copan. He explained a lot about the existing health system and how the Centro de Salud’s work. I think I understood most of what he said and found it most interesting to hear it from someone who works in the system. They are anticipating changes when the election happens in November.