Saturday work day! Hope this doesn't become the norm.
One of the projects PH has is to train shop workers at BD plant on diabetes prevention and management. Cheena, from the office, and Tina a nutritionist are training 10 volunteer workers to be "ambassadors" as diabetes go to people. The plant is 2-3 hours away, depending on traffic and training starts at 9:30 am. We started out at 6:15am - early!
The drive was interesting. Not too much traffic as it was early but even so it took about 2 1/2 hours. The craziest part was on the 3 lane highway traveling at 40-50mph we came to a complete stop as there were vehicles that cut ACROSS the road to get to the other side. Bridges would have been a good idea, they are in progress.... I saw cows, pigs, and dogs roaming the streets. The most unusual was a camel pulling a cart. I think that I will see many more things that will astound me during my 6 months here. An experience....
The training appeared to be good with the trainers really engaging the workers. I say appeared as it was in Hindi and I have not yet caught onto the language. We had two breaks, one for tea and then lunch at the cafeteria. Food was great. The best things so far has been the food during lunch. It was a long day, we didn't leave there until 5:30 and didn't get home until 9pm.
One of the projects PH has is to train shop workers at BD plant on diabetes prevention and management. Cheena, from the office, and Tina a nutritionist are training 10 volunteer workers to be "ambassadors" as diabetes go to people. The plant is 2-3 hours away, depending on traffic and training starts at 9:30 am. We started out at 6:15am - early!
The drive was interesting. Not too much traffic as it was early but even so it took about 2 1/2 hours. The craziest part was on the 3 lane highway traveling at 40-50mph we came to a complete stop as there were vehicles that cut ACROSS the road to get to the other side. Bridges would have been a good idea, they are in progress.... I saw cows, pigs, and dogs roaming the streets. The most unusual was a camel pulling a cart. I think that I will see many more things that will astound me during my 6 months here. An experience....
The training appeared to be good with the trainers really engaging the workers. I say appeared as it was in Hindi and I have not yet caught onto the language. We had two breaks, one for tea and then lunch at the cafeteria. Food was great. The best things so far has been the food during lunch. It was a long day, we didn't leave there until 5:30 and didn't get home until 9pm.
That is WILD! You are really getting out and making your way around. I sure wish we were eating some of that food together! It sounds great. So glad you have some friends to pal around with and enjoy the experience.
ReplyDeleteLove all of your posts (and the apt looks really nice!).
I am experiencing things I have never even imagined. It's good. Challenging but a life experience!
DeleteI love reading your blog Sue! I look forward to it :-D Miss ya!
ReplyDeleteThanks! How are you. Have you started on you new adventure?
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