TTL Reaches a New Village

Yesterday was a particularly productive outreach trip! We went on a coordinated visit with some of the outreach workers from the hospital to a new village to spread the word about TTL, and do some health and nutrition education. (The outreach workers from the hospital are called Health Riders, and they ride these fancy red motor bikes way out into ritual areas where cars can't go... Like paramedics but with way cooler wheels.)
The whole day was kind of like a health fair. All the people of the village gathered around, and people from TTL and the hospital took turns talking and answering questions, mainly about HIV transmission, treatment medications, and nutrition. Overall, people were really receptive to what was said, and asked lots of great questions. After the teaching season, patients were offered free HIV testing and counseling, and we assessed all the kids for nutritional status. We had an incredible turnout, and assessed 99 kids! 2 became TTL clients, so we will start following them weekly. I didn't get lots of pics of the kids because I was busy on the front lines, but I know Julie took a bunch do I'll try to get a few of those. Below are pics of us before the fair started, and all the families that turned out.
We are going on a tour of the Lentseng Diamond mine this morning, so I'm up early and heading out!
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