First Day of Household Inteviews

Can you believe that today was the first day of household interviews. Wow what an adventure surveying a community with no system of household numbering. We had to actually spin the pencil to determine which directions to go into. Thanks for all the well wishes and good thoughts!

No Illness 1 Injury

Usually I get some type of illness when I travel internationally, I have not had any illnesses so far. My feet swelled up really big the first week and that's about it. Yesterday, I smashed myself below my eye with a door. It swelled up a little and I had a bad ache in the area and in the back of my head for some reason. All is better today!

Going Forward

The community in Sanerigu definitely want to be connected to others globally. They have offered many prayers and well wishes for the study I am conducting. They are happy to discussion their thoughts about food and their challenges and openly have welcomed me. Thank you, village of Sanerigu. I am now going on the part 2 of this study -- the household survey.

A Dgomba Village

Getting around the Dgomba village is interesting. It is a community with order. Although it does not seem like it is big, it does take some time getting used to the terrain. Sharing a little bit of the community which I am working in.

NEEM OIL

Today I finished the last focus group discussion with 6 different women's associations in the village I am working in, Sanerigu. The women had so much to say. One of the things I found was that Dgbani women work very hard. They are producers and produce many things. One of the products I saw being produced was Neem Oil. One of the products I received from the Health food store to help repell mosquitos was neem oil. It is very expensive. Well the women here process the neem seed and make the oil.