Crazy

Well, it feels a little crazy. Not that it should surprise anyone, but at the moment we are juggling a number of balls at once.

The well that we've been trying to tap into has passed all of its chemical tests, now we are tracking down an engineer that can do a flow test to see how well it replenishes itself. We are planning at least one food distribution and a distribution of nutritional supplement to pregnant women and their children next week. All up trying to feed 20,000 people in a few days. We are also fixing an error in our registration process that will add a further 600 families to our official beneficiary list. We have 100 residents currently undertaking first aid training and we are planning conflict resolution training for our security team. We are also having a site plan on the camp done in the next few days using a GPS system that will allow us to see where everything actually is from the air, and hopefully do some better planning about where we place community facilities in the future.

We are also planning to work with a Dutch documentary team next week... could be interesting.

In the meantime, one of the great things happening this week is that I have a new team member. Heather Russouw has joined me from South Africa and is working in the camp as well. She's had an overwhelming first day or two, as we all do when we arrive in country. But she's a welcome addition.