Site Change

Tonight is our last night in Machakos, and we're all sad to be leaving the big city life. Over the past 48 hours we have all gorged ourselves with forgotten delicacies like cheese, edible meat, and cheese. Even though we're sad to be leaving here we have a short week in Loitoktok and then our July 4th party on Saturday night. After that I think it's 2.5 weeks or something crazy like that until we swear in and head to our sites. Speaking of which, there has been a new development in my site. I had spoken to the director of the Public Health program a couple of weeks ago and he mentioned that there was some housing issues at my previous site, so he went on a mission to fix the problem. As a result, I have a new site which i'm really excited about. I'll be right at the border with Uganda, in a town called Bumala (it's on google maps). I'm really excited about the organization i'll be working with because it focuses primarily on children under 5 years old who are either AIDS orphans, infected with AIDS, or high-risk kids. It's a nutrition center that offers testing and treatment for HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other opportunistic infections. Another plus is that i'll be just a few miles away from a one of my friends, which will also be nice. My new housing has electricity and water tank, which will also be nice, and it's located on grounds of the nutrition center, so safety shouldn't be an issue. Anyways, that's all for now, i'll talk everyone soon.