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N be taa Mali la...: Watch Yourself!
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Sunday, August 8, 2010. I am sitting in a lovely house in Lilongwe writing this, contemplating how much different Malawi is from that other M-country in Africa. Yes, Malawi. I arrived here a month ago and will not be returning to Bamako until early September. I haven't written in nearly three months, and clearly, so much has changed! Starting out in January with the basics of the CHW program laid out, let me briefly describe the race highlights. In the...
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N be taa Mali la...: Better Long than Dead.
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Monday, April 12, 2010. Better Long than Dead. Possibly my new favorite phrase in Bambara, "better long than dead" is a response to "long time, no see" or something to that effect. Considering that I haven't posted in quite some time and that my last post left things a bit unfinished, I thought you might be wondering how I am getting along. It's been a long time, folks, but that's better than forever, right? Comforter and left my mom in tears. So a whi...
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N be taa Mali la...: October 2009
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Friday, October 2, 2009. In Bamako, they call me toubabu. The West African term for foreigner (read: rich white person), toubab is thought to be derived from the Arabic word for doctor. Wait They call me doctor? But before I launch into all that.don't you want to hear about my trip? 8211; which made checking in with the family wonderfully easy! I had just enough time to get on the wrong train to Casablanca so that I could wander aimlessly around a very...
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N be taa Mali la...: Getting there.
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Sunday, May 16, 2010. I always felt a little uneasy though, feeling as if I wasn't accomplishing what I had been asked to do. The goal was always in my mind: whatever I was doing, I needed to be laying a good foundation for the mobile records pilot in the process. And besides, I kept saying, next month we'll be ready. Next month. But then, Mali pulled a fast one. Mali, I can't stay mad forever. May 17, 2010 at 4:17 AM. Wow, Alex. I am truly amazed ...
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N be taa Mali la...: March 2010
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Thursday, March 11, 2010. I don't like this game anymore. I've been carrying around several things to share with you in my head for the past month and a half, never getting past the first few sentences of each because there always seems to be something else that needs doing. Where, where, where did the "winter" go? Allowed me to step outside my experience enough to appreciate being here all over again. It was getting to be too much. I searched for word...
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N be taa Mali la...: December 2009
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Thursday, December 3, 2009. No, seriously, THANK YOU! You may have thought I was being a little tongue-in-cheek with my last post, but I want to assure you that this truly has been the most thankful of Thanksgivings I have ever had the chance to endure. Okay, so endure may be a little strong, but after three days of feasting on Seli Ba leftovers (including a lovely sheep's head soup for breakfast! I think its a fair statement. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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N be taa Mali la...: January 2010
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Thursday, January 21, 2010. Surviving the holidays in Mali. (Yes, I am alive and well.). These past weeks have been a whirlwind of fête-ing, working, working, and fête-ing some more. As you know, we celebrated Thanksgiving à l'Americaine and then Mali's equivalent, Seli Ba, descended upon the country - hundreds of thousands of sheep gave their lives for several days of mutton meals. Yes, I helped. Happy photo à la malienne. Julgröt over the open fire.
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N be taa Mali la...: April 2010
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Monday, April 12, 2010. Humility, or something like it. Being the awkward, entitled toubabs we are, we chose good (comfy) seats in the front of the stage and proceeded to ask each other about every five minutes when the show was going to start. After a painful two hours (! And shoved a paper and pen in my face. Excuse me? Full disclosure everyone: I don't speak French that well. I can get by in most situations, but to understand mumbled poetry over...
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N be taa Mali la...: Humility, or something like it.
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Monday, April 12, 2010. Humility, or something like it. Being the awkward, entitled toubabs we are, we chose good (comfy) seats in the front of the stage and proceeded to ask each other about every five minutes when the show was going to start. After a painful two hours (! And shoved a paper and pen in my face. Excuse me? Full disclosure everyone: I don't speak French that well. I can get by in most situations, but to understand mumbled poetry over...
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N be taa Mali la...: PatientView
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N be taa Mali la. There was an error in this gadget. Tuesday, July 26, 2011. The month of May was an exciting one for the Mali Health Organizing Project because it offered the first chance to test out Medic Mobile. Together, these functions create a simple and effective medical records system for small health centers, while also adding the mobility necessary to support the CHW outreach that is often a critical part of expanding health care access in resource-poor communities. To help bring this program t...