Monthly Archives: November 2010

A cup of water

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.

 

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 …

 

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.

 

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

 

Fevers galore

Fevers galore

Fevers were a very common finding due to sanitation issues in the local and surrounding community

 

Dental Hygiene

Dental Hygiene

A young girl receives dental hygiene from Denise, a hygienist from Calgary, Canada

 

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 …

 

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

 

The Dusty Road

The Dusty Road

Dry season at the Health Care site means lots of blowing dust as the bus arrives into town

 

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.

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

Vibrancy

Vibrancy

That colourful building in the distance is the Orthodox Church of Harbu Chulule.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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 …

 

Cutie

Cutie

I could not resist taking a picture of this cute little girl in Harbu Chulule.

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

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.

 

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 …

 

Game Face

Game Face

These kids really showed me how to get your game face on.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Excitment

Excitment

A few of the excited students from Harbu Chulule.