The local rooster woke us up at 5:30. There are no alarm clocks in the rooms but the rooster is very dedicated...and he has no snooze button!
We got off to a slower than expected start. The mission has 3 different locations which involves coordinating the delivery of supplies and medicine .. and people to the right location. Monday morning was a little chaotic, as we didn't get away from the hotel until after 11 am.
The Eye Team is serving in the slum of Mukuru which is also the location of the medical and dental parts of the mission. The other 2 sites are in other slums and are only dental.
The initial trip into Mukura was very eye-opening. The poverty and living standards are incredible. I'll write more about that later.
Our first day involved mainly figuring out how to set up our clinic and training the non-medical volunteers on how to assist with checking visual acuities, registering children, etc.
We saw only about 30 children on the first day. My first child was a 4 year old who complained of a hurting right eye and I found he had a small gnat-like bug in his lower cul-de-sac which I easily removed with a little anesthetic and swab.
