Dengue Campaña

Tuesday Sept. 22

Hey guys! Just wanted to comment quickly on what I did today at Pequeños Pasitos. It was just amazing. Today we were able to go to the clinic and help with a Dengue Campaign. We arrived and were split up into different groups to help out educate and cover water tanks in order to avoid Dengue. Dengue is transmitted from a type of Mosquito-Aedes albopictus that lays its eggs in clean water. So what we did was made sure that they knew to cover and clean their water tanks with chlorine, and keep it covered in order to prevent Dengue. It was just really cool to think holy crap, I'm making a small difference in order for these people's better health. It was just really cool to go throughout all of the neighborhood to see how the people live and understand what their knowledge is. The afternoon was just more fun cause I got to work with David and Micah to pass out the information and cover the tanks and such. It was just really cool to see how people live there and use water tanks for portable water. Just a completely different culture. I wish you guys could just see how cool it is here. Its just hard to write about sometimes, I just wish you guys could have been here with me helping with the campaign. I felt very proud of myself knowing that Dengue here will have a less presence thanks to us. Thats all right now, hope all is well back home. Regards.