Thursday, October 20, 2011

A Day at the Office, Nigeria Style

Chris is working for 3 months in Kano in Northern Nigeria. This is the Muslim dominated portion of Nigeria. The project trains midwives in advanced life-saving skills. Here’s a photo essay of a day at the office.
outside the family planning clinic_sm Outside the Family Planning Clinic, Kanos
a helathy mom and baby preparing to go home- oiling the baby a form of washing in a place where clean water is scarce_sm
A healthy mom and baby preparing to go home. They are oiling the baby, a form of washing where clean water is scarce.
one of the trainers Umar)sm
Umar, one of the trainers
a proud trainer (R), healthy mother and baby, and one of our faciltators in training, Asabe (L)_sm
A proud trainer (R), healthy mother and baby, and one of our facilitators in training, Asabe (L)
our disinfection area for cleaning instruments between deliveries_sm
Disinfection and Cleaning area.
Angie teaching how to manage post-partum hemorrhage- not the high tech training tools we have_sm
Angie teaching how to manage post-partum hemorrhage- note the high tech training tools. Angie is one of Chris' former students at U of Washington.
Angela & Paulina_sm
Angie and Paulina
Angie ties a head scarf the Nigerian way!_sm
Angie ties a head scarf Nigeria style.
at a meeting with the PATHS2 folks_sm
Meeting at the PATHS2 office, the UK based project funder.
another meeting_sm
More meetings.
Paulina and Dr Amina with one of the trainers_sm
Paulina and Dr. Amina with one of the trainers.
a healthy baby!_sm
And a healthy baby.
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