Dopo la tragica uccisione di due medici dei MSF in Somalia avvenuto giusto prima di natale 2011, riprendiamo i racconti di Emma, valorosa organizzatrice MSF!
Friday, July 3, 2009 - I've been back in Guidan Roumdji for one week now and it feels like I never left...the time in Scotland seemed like a dream but at least I have some books to show for it (although most already read by now. Help!) A big thank you to Kerry for sending me the Sopranos DVD (one of my favourite quotes from the Sopranos is by Livia Soprano: "The world is a jungle! If you want my advice don't expect happiness. You won't get it, people let you down. It's all a big nothing. What makes you think you're so special?" - very uplifting and inspiring!). It's so exciting to get a package from the outside world - especially as you can make those who didn't get one jealous.
After coming back from Scotland I spent a couple of days in Niamey. It's funny to think that when I first arrived I thought Niamey was like a desert, but coming back from Guidan Roumdji I realised that it is so green and full of life! That's what living in the desert for 3 months does to you. Myself and Mathilde (MSF expat in Maradi) took advantage of being in the big capital and went to the Alisee disco until 5 in the morning. An open air disco with a view of the river...life doesn't get much better I think! We thought it would be a good idea to go for a little swim in the river at 3 am, but luckily were discouraged by one of the owners of the disco. Whilst in Niamey we also went out for a drink with some of Mathilde's local pals and one of them tried to prove to me that Allah sent all the dinosaurs to live on another planet as they had pissed him off. Is anyone able to prove this theory? He also said that on the 25th of July we will see two moons in the sky, Jupiter's moon and our moon. So watch out stargazers (I'm thinking of you Paul!).
Left on Wednesday for the 12 hour journey back to Guidan Roumdji, where we narrowly avoided hitting a camel - as Kerry said, that would be the straw that broke its back! Also lots of eagles on the road at one point (you would think they would AVOID the tarmac as it's so hot!).
We've been having a lot of power cuts recently, it has something to do with the season (hot). Sleeping outside is the only option. The poor crops here are suffering from lack of rain, near Maradi they are doing well but outside the village they are brown and withered. I don't know what the population will do if they don't get any rain. There's impressive thunder and lightning all around but the rain doesn't appear. There are a lot of kids in the Creni again, now it's the season for malaria so we are hiring people to do malaria checks.
Went for a walk with Francois yesterday to see the dried up river bed and on the way back we stopped in to visit some of our staff in their quarters. They were preparing a local dish of dried plant leaves with peanut butter sauce. The plants tasted of plants but the peanut butter sauce was nice...
Read more: http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/emmacita/1/1245765483/tpod.html#ixzz1jAppIQac
Emma.
Emma lavorava a Bruxelles nel reparto delle risorse umane in una delle tante aziende finanziarie. Un giorno ha fatto richiesta ai Medici senza frontiere, una delle organizzazioni più difficili in cui entrare.
Qualche mese dopo era sull'aereo per il Niger per una missione di un anno come responsabile delle risorse umane nel villaggio di Guidan Roumji.
Dopo tre anni nei MSF tornerà in Europa a lavorare nella sede centrale MSF.
Il Blog di Emma e i suoi racconti usciranno ogni settimana su Gwen.
Friday, July 3, 2009 - I've been back in Guidan Roumdji for one week now and it feels like I never left...the time in Scotland seemed like a dream but at least I have some books to show for it (although most already read by now. Help!) A big thank you to Kerry for sending me the Sopranos DVD (one of my favourite quotes from the Sopranos is by Livia Soprano: "The world is a jungle! If you want my advice don't expect happiness. You won't get it, people let you down. It's all a big nothing. What makes you think you're so special?" - very uplifting and inspiring!). It's so exciting to get a package from the outside world - especially as you can make those who didn't get one jealous.
After coming back from Scotland I spent a couple of days in Niamey. It's funny to think that when I first arrived I thought Niamey was like a desert, but coming back from Guidan Roumdji I realised that it is so green and full of life! That's what living in the desert for 3 months does to you. Myself and Mathilde (MSF expat in Maradi) took advantage of being in the big capital and went to the Alisee disco until 5 in the morning. An open air disco with a view of the river...life doesn't get much better I think! We thought it would be a good idea to go for a little swim in the river at 3 am, but luckily were discouraged by one of the owners of the disco. Whilst in Niamey we also went out for a drink with some of Mathilde's local pals and one of them tried to prove to me that Allah sent all the dinosaurs to live on another planet as they had pissed him off. Is anyone able to prove this theory? He also said that on the 25th of July we will see two moons in the sky, Jupiter's moon and our moon. So watch out stargazers (I'm thinking of you Paul!).
Left on Wednesday for the 12 hour journey back to Guidan Roumdji, where we narrowly avoided hitting a camel - as Kerry said, that would be the straw that broke its back! Also lots of eagles on the road at one point (you would think they would AVOID the tarmac as it's so hot!).
We've been having a lot of power cuts recently, it has something to do with the season (hot). Sleeping outside is the only option. The poor crops here are suffering from lack of rain, near Maradi they are doing well but outside the village they are brown and withered. I don't know what the population will do if they don't get any rain. There's impressive thunder and lightning all around but the rain doesn't appear. There are a lot of kids in the Creni again, now it's the season for malaria so we are hiring people to do malaria checks.
Went for a walk with Francois yesterday to see the dried up river bed and on the way back we stopped in to visit some of our staff in their quarters. They were preparing a local dish of dried plant leaves with peanut butter sauce. The plants tasted of plants but the peanut butter sauce was nice...
Read more: http://blog.travelpod.com/travel-blog-entries/emmacita/1/1245765483/tpod.html#ixzz1jAppIQac
Emma.
Emma lavorava a Bruxelles nel reparto delle risorse umane in una delle tante aziende finanziarie. Un giorno ha fatto richiesta ai Medici senza frontiere, una delle organizzazioni più difficili in cui entrare.
Qualche mese dopo era sull'aereo per il Niger per una missione di un anno come responsabile delle risorse umane nel villaggio di Guidan Roumji.
Dopo tre anni nei MSF tornerà in Europa a lavorare nella sede centrale MSF.
Il Blog di Emma e i suoi racconti usciranno ogni settimana su Gwen.
