Things are going on well. School ended which put a stop to me being able to access the kids there for the rest of the height and weight data, so now I’m carrying a scale, portable Hgb machine and ruler to homes I’m visiting so I can get the information on the 13 remaining kids. I have visited the homes of 80% of the children (thanks to previous GPS mapping of a lot of their homes I was able to find them). I will have to search out the remaining 20% myself by asking around who, so far everyone’s been helpful and I’ve already tracked down some of these “missing” kids. July is the hottest month in Haiti and I am beginning to feel it, I am normally out walking around for 6-9 hours everyday but today I was only out for 3 hours and returned home early because it was so hot. I will probably have to start setting out earlier in the day in the next few weeks to beat the heat.
Daily life is also good, I am staying at the guest house which hosts guests the area and doubles as a house for the Sisters of St. Antoine. They are very supportive and since they help run the school, the orphanage and the guest house here their help has been invaluable. I am getting to know them and my 3 translators from the University of Fondwa very well.
As far as trends in the data, I haven’t noticed anything so far but the major analysis involving examination of the data by region will not be done till I return to the USA since I need help from others to get that set up. I am going to be using the CDC/WHO Anthro program to determine the percentiles for heights for weight, weight for age etc.
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Most green seaweeds are edible although alot of people don't know that.
Mushrooms can be grown in a small space.
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