A cup of water
Sometimes the only thing that was required form the Health care team was a clean cup of water and a hug.
29 Nov
Renee gets a work out
Renee gets a work out
Here Renee, one of the Hopethiopia dental Hygieneists from Switzerland, gets a real work out cleaning teeth that have never received this kind of treatment …
28 Nov
Sitting around the centre
Sitting around the centre
Here one of the cute kids hangs around the centre and gets to play with members of the health care team.
27 Nov
Smiling Dad
Smiling Dad
A smiling dad is thrilled that the health care team will be able to help treat the severe burns that his young daughter had sustained
26 Nov
Fevers galore
Fevers galore
Fevers were a very common finding due to sanitation issues in the local and surrounding community
25 Nov
Dental Hygiene
Dental Hygiene
A young girl receives dental hygiene from Denise, a hygienist from Calgary, Canada
24 Nov
Dental treatment
Dental treatment
Dr. Scot Campbell gets ready to see some of the hundred's of patients that are waiting. No dentists have ever been to the project site …
23 Nov
Crowds wait for treatment
Crowds wait for treatment
Every day that the health care team would arrive hundreds of locals would be waiting to be seen for treatment
22 Nov
The Dusty Road
The Dusty Road
Dry season at the Health Care site means lots of blowing dust as the bus arrives into town
21 Nov
New school building for Garbo
New school building for Garbo
Hopethiopia is now making plans to build a new elementary school building in the community of Garbo.
20 Nov
Rolling
Rolling
A scenic shot of clouds rolling in over the rolling hills that surround Harbu Chulule. The white rectangle to the left of the bottoms of the trees …
19 Nov
Knowledge
Knowledge
This is one of the walls of the elementary school in Harbu Chulule. As you can see, the wall is decorated with the periodic table of elements …
18 Nov
Vibrancy
Vibrancy
That colourful building in the distance is the Orthodox Church of Harbu Chulule.
17 Nov
The ponderder
The ponderder
Sometimes team members needed some time to just sit and think about the day. Matt found the perfect place in Harbu Chulule to do that.
16 Nov
Beauty
Beauty
This is just a glimpse of the beautiful land that surrounds all of Harbu Chulule. This photo was taken near their elementary school.
15 Nov
Field trip
Field trip
During the rainy season the roads get quite washed out in Harbu Chulule. This meant that we got the opportunity to walk around the town …
13 Nov
Follow me!
Follow me!
The kids would run behind, in front, and beside the truck as we entered into Harbu Chulule. They would follow us to wherever we were …
12 Nov
Arable land
Arable land
This photo was taken on the land that was given to HOPEthiopia. This is where the team got an opportunity to do some reforestation. The …
11 Nov
Stoicism
Stoicism
The kids of Harbu Chulule really liked seeing their pictures on the screen of my digital camera. Many of them would strike three or four …
10 Nov
GOOSE!
GOOSE!
Matt running as fast as he could after being selected as the goose during an absolutely massive game of duck duck goose with the elementary …
09 Nov
Duck duck duck…
Duck duck duck…
This little girl and Kathy were eagerly awaiting the start of what was probably the world’s largest game of duck duck goose.
08 Nov
New hat
New hat
The kid in the front sure found an interesting use for a baseball glove. I think he started a fad because soon after there were …
06 Nov
The crowd
The crowd
These joyful elementary students were following around Dr. Ralph Dubienski just waiting for the next exciting event at the sports camp held by HOPEthiopia.
05 Nov
Determination
Determination
Baseball was a huge hit (no pun intended) with the elementary students in Harbu Chulule. You can really see the determination in this student’s eyes.
Monthly Archives: November 2010