So I have a month left. Wow, time has flown by! I have been working at Ñanta since January and am really enjoying myself. The clean hand contest is over but I am still trying to encourage cleanliness among the kids. A lot of them have taken to cleaning their hands and coming into the infermery to cut nails. Right now I am working on several different things. Next week, Heike (the german nurse) and I will be giving a presentation on sexually transmitted diseases to the boys in Ñanta´s dormitory. Should be interesting since they range in age from 14-18 and most of them are not what you would call mature. Last week we gave a brief talk on parasites since most of the kids have them. We taught them about what they were, how you get them, how to prevent them, and how to take the medicine. I am also putting together a list of kids who need to see the optometrist. On top of that I have been talking a lot one on one with some of the older girls who have boyfriends on safe sex and how to prevent pregnancy. I think we will give some group sex ed talks in the beginning of April to all the older kids in Ñanta. Besides all the new projects, I am still in charge of bringing the kids to the dentist and still doing all the minor medicine in the infermery (cleaning minor wounds, wart care, and treating colds).
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