We had informed the mothers in Nuevo
Jerusalem yesterday that we would be doing diabetes testing today so
they had to fast; this is also meant we needed to get there very
early in the morning. We basically organized ourselves into stations
once we got there. Jon and Diana recorded the quantitative &
qualitative data on their laptops, Sudesh did the blood glucose
testing and I assisted with that, and I also took the women's height,
hip & waist measurement while Daniel took the weight. It was a
bit slow at first but we eventually developed a rhythm. Some of the
women were fine in terms of their blood glucose level, some were at
risk, and some definitely had diabetes. As Jon recorded the data and
their answers to the diet questions, he would also educate them on
healthy eating patterns. The goal was to get about 40-50 people, only
about half of that amount came.
After the diabetes campaign, we had an
exercise session for the women. It was something like 30 mins with
Jon leading the pack through kickboxing moves and moderate cardio
drills. I'm more in shape than these women and I was sweating, ahhh,
it was definitely heart pumping.
Afterwards, we moved on to the
flouridation campaign for the children. I had created a poster on
dental health as written information for them to have. We presented
from that and Jon led the verbal presentation using a soccer ball as
an analogy. I think the kids got the message. We then concluded by
having the children line up and giving them flouride treatments.
OMGEEE, definitely some f***ed up looking teeth. A high percentage of
the kids had definitely never touched a toothbrush in their mouth and
they had cavities upon cavities, holes upon holes.
This was our last day in Nuevo
Jerusalem so once we were done with the flouride campaign, we played
around with the kids- soccer, tag etc. Fun stuff. I'm gona miss these
little fellas.
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