Moving to Makibwa.

Engines started up at 4.30am to sail to Makibwa 1 1/2 hrs away. It began to get quite rough. I got up at day break to watch the island appearing. A picturesque island. We couldn’t anchor by the village as it was too rough so went a little further round. A few small boats out. Then the rain started. We had our usual team meeting. She msg, prayers updates from all ‘departeements’ 🤣 Breakfast of lovely bread rolls and chille sauce. Then wait for the rain to stop- played a very enthusiastic session of Dobble with various competitive folk. It is the local elections today and for some reason that was delaying things🤔. Eventually we got off to the island. Very rural. Individual farming plots as well as fish drying. Children lovely but grubby. Chickens, goats everywhere. Children slide. Very basic houses and cooking. Friendly people. Just fascinating. All very Green. The boat team were bartering for fish then chickens. 2 were killed halal and live ones collected to go on the boat back to Mwanza. They are apparently much cheaper and better from here. Not many patients came with their books. And we headed back to the boat gathering patients as we went. Back on the boat with the patients and we were sent for lunch! Then to work. A nice bunch of folk. Malaria in a 3 mth old. 2 new HIV cases in 23and 25 year old. One was devastated. They get free treatment but have to get to the mainland to register which costs. Lots of syphilis. Very sad really. It just seems the men can have sex with whoever. The lads from the boat went back to the island to buy more chickens and when all settled and now dusk we set off for Nyaburo. Lots of tiny boats with solar panelled lights to attract the sardines. The caption has to be so careful to miss them.もっと詳しく