Over the course of these 3 weeks, our home will have 14 different visitors stay for as short as a night to as long as 10 days. Being in the 2nd largest city in Zim and the largest one with a project in it- Bulawayo and our home in particular, is a hot destination point. It makes our home feel more like a hostel.
The three of us (soon to be just two) that live here get to meet these other MSF volunteers- from Italy, Colombia, Greece, Scotland, Spain- and get a glimpse of their life/motivations as they pass through. We have team dinners, play UNO or scrabble and lounge after our long days at the clinic/office.
Most of the guests are from other projects in Zimbabwe, stopping by for a grocery trip in the "big city." Others are on their way to/from the capital- Harare. A few are "flying consultants" from MSF headquarters, such as Stella, a mental health consultant, who comes to each of the country's projects to identify needs and improve the quality of our work. She's off to the Congo (DRC) next. She got us these great hats from a local mental health institution as part of a fundraiser.
The advantage of having visitors- like back in San Francisco- is they all want to see the region's sights. Stella got us to see Khami Ruins, the remains of the Zulu civilization from a few hundred years ago. Along with some of our drivers, we got to scale up the fortress walls built on a sloped hill.
The three of us (soon to be just two) that live here get to meet these other MSF volunteers- from Italy, Colombia, Greece, Scotland, Spain- and get a glimpse of their life/motivations as they pass through. We have team dinners, play UNO or scrabble and lounge after our long days at the clinic/office.
Most of the guests are from other projects in Zimbabwe, stopping by for a grocery trip in the "big city." Others are on their way to/from the capital- Harare. A few are "flying consultants" from MSF headquarters, such as Stella, a mental health consultant, who comes to each of the country's projects to identify needs and improve the quality of our work. She's off to the Congo (DRC) next. She got us these great hats from a local mental health institution as part of a fundraiser.
The advantage of having visitors- like back in San Francisco- is they all want to see the region's sights. Stella got us to see Khami Ruins, the remains of the Zulu civilization from a few hundred years ago. Along with some of our drivers, we got to scale up the fortress walls built on a sloped hill.
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