The last week or so has been a lot slower in terms of work in Hospitality.... therefore I have had the chance to work in some other areas which has been super fun!
I spent monday and tuesday morning in Hospitality, and both the afternoons I worked in the galley helping prepare the dinner for the crew. You may not think this would be the most exciting job, but working with new people, in a different team was so much fun. There is such a great atmospher in the Galley, and many local Beninese are working as day volunteers... this happens in most of the departments on board the ship. Many help in general areas such as housekeepers, transportation, galley, dining room... but there are also a lot working in the hospital as translators cleaners and many many other jobs. They are vital to the work here and we couldn't do it without them!
So my time in the galley was spent with a lot of fun people, some african music.. and so inevitably there was dancing!!
This morning I went out to the eye clinic, with the eye team, We were at the 'hospitality centre' where there are 2 'wards' and the eye clinic, patients go there if the are having an operation and live very far away, and there are some post op patients that stay there also. It is basically just a warehouse, where they have built in 2 hospital wards and the eye clinic is a tent inside...
The clinic I was helping at this morning was seeing patients that have been through the screening process and are having their surgery this afternoon so we gave them pre-op checks... we also saw lots of the patients that had their surgery yesterday. It was so exciting and the first time I actually got to help with something medical!
I have also managed to get a minor job for the rest of my time here, so I will be working as a dental sterilizer for one day a week... I cannot wait to start that!
It has been a real blessing, from a situation last week where we were getting a little frustrated with lack of work, I prayed about it with a friend and this week so many oportunities have opened up!
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