John and I have been extremely busy these last two weeks, teaching the "Helping Babies Breath" program to nurses, midwives, interns, PA's, doctors, and student nurses. We have traveled to several different counties and hospitals outside of Monrovia. It has been an adventure driving on the roads to these outlying places. The roads are all in ill repair with deep ruts and big puddles that you have to skirt around because you don't always know how deep they are. The countryside is beautiful though with its tropical vegetation and in some areas groves of rubber trees. Firestone has one of the biggest plantations in the world right here in Liberia. This is one of the hospitals where we taught.
It has been very gratifying teaching this program. The students have all been very eager to learn. They leave the course more confident in themselves and the new skills they have learned. If just one more baby lives because of the skills that we have taught, I will feel that we have done something meaningful for this country.
I think that John and I will need to return again in the future because we have been asked to teach this course to many other counties, and our time has come to an end. We have told all of our new friends and contacts that we will see them soon.
Kim
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