Today the therapists from the team went to an outlying village about an hour and a half away from Les Cayes to assist in providing medical care to those who could not easily access the clinic in Les Cayes. Mike and I stayed back at the O&P facility to work on the fabrication of some of the devices that we took castings for on Monday. This was a great hands on experience for Mike to assist me in all aspects of the fabrication process. Our projects were delayed a bit by lack of power for the first few hours of the day and whenever we would blow the fuse by drawing too much power with the equipment. After we got our work done we had a bit of time to explore the local area by 4 wheeler where we drew the attention of a bunch of local children who came running up the hill to see the foreigners.
Later in the evening we had a few guests visit our guesthouse for an evening of entertainment by Mike. Everyone had a good time relaxing and singing along to Jimmy Buffet, Bob Marley, and other favorite island songs.
Liz took the picture of the children peeking in to see what was happening at the outreach clinic.
Labels: haiti, prosthetics, travel