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Physio department

This is our physiodepartment at the hospital. We have one physiotherapist, one ocupational therapist and one physio assistent. Two days a week, we are treating inpatients at the hospital, and three days a week we have outpatients, comming from the community around. We are also doing homevisits for some of our patients. We are enjoying our job alot. The swahili language is a challenge, but we are learning quickly, and on monday we are starting a course.




The treatment benches are not adjustable, so it's a challange finding a good working position. Very happy about our physioball!

This is our storage room for cruches and walkers. They were donated from some missionaries, and we can give them out for free when the pasient is leaving the hospital.

Bench for stroke patients, and a well used hot water bottle.

31.jan.2010


This is my beautiful bike with a basket! The town of Iringa is not very big, so with these two, we can easly get around! They have no gears, the breakes are not very good, the weels are kind of crooked, and riding on Tanzanias bumpy roads, it didn't take more than a few rides for three out of four screws holding the basket fall off. But we still love them!




Very happy about our bargain Sh 180000, for two!

Our home


This is the view from our house. Iringa is surronded by mountains, kind of like Bergen. The temperature varies from 20-30deg, and it's raining everyday. Today was the first day without rain.


This is the hotell that we have been staying at so far. Tomorrow we're moving into the house of our indian family. They have made a nice room for us. We're staying in the same street as all the judges, doctors and posh people as our Indian mom likes to put it. Before we eat our supper,(if we eat it at the family resteurant) we get a steeming hot cloth to wash our hands with, the waitor laughs at us every day as our physio hands are not made for that kind of treatment.  

Der var vi igang!

I'm sorry that we're so late with blogging, but today we got internet, and we got our laundry back! Oh happy days! We've been in Tanzania two weeks tomorrow, and one week here in Iringa! (By the way, I promised my south african readers that I'd blogg in english so they would understand, I hope that's not a problem...) 

Iringa is a really nice little quiet town. We live with an indian family, who are friends with the physiotherapist who is are supervisor. They have three doughters at the age of three, eight and fourteen. At the moment they are painting our room, so we're still staying in their hotel, which is very nice! We have found a group of friends who we play basketball with everyday.
We're working at Iringa regional hospital www.iringaregionalhospital.org. It seems to be a good hospital with many different departments. The physio department is small, but our supervisor is good, so we believe we will learn alot here.
The pictures are not really working with us here, so I'll try that later.

A day at the photographer

11 of June was Bjørg Maries birthday, and I wanted to do something nice for her. So I called a local photographer, and booked a day with him. Lucky for us, he was a really nice man, and since we were volunteering at a babyhome, he said that he also wanted to contribute! So we got lots of nice pictures, and only had to pay for the prints. This was right after I asked God to help me find something special to do for Bjørg Marie. Amazing how God knows our hearts and what we like. And then out of His goodness He gives us what our heart desires. Here are some of the pictures!
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Bjørg Marie's sisters

We have been very blessed with lots of friends and family visiting us. Two of Bjørg Maries sisters have been here now. Fist a few days here in Johburg, and then all four of us whent down to Durban. From there Helga and Sofie took the buss to Port Elizabeth, and they're driving to Cape Town from there. We have had a great time together.
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We celebrated Bjørg Maries birthday a little early so that Sofie and Helga could join us.
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22 years old! Yeye....good luck my friend
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This one joined us for lunch, he loves looking at people and he eat all of Helgas bread.
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Nice to be back together. Only a month left now, and they'll see each other again.

Fun in the garden

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I'm very happy when I get to play with water and this red dirt that my aunties hate. They say that my clothes doesn't get clean. But it's not really my problem, and auntie Aggie says that vinegar takes away all stains. I learned to stand the other day, and everyone is very very happy, I will be 2 years old in july. I don't really understand why everyone is so eager for me to walk, I'm quite happy to be carried, and I'm a very fast crawler.
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We are having so much fun in our tower, we like to climb and jump and make the aunties nervous. They think we're gonna fall down one day, but we know we're big boys!

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Three happy boys, who loves to get dirty.
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I'm almost a year now, so I'm big enough to join the others. Ninja turtle(the one with the red hoodie above) has tought me how to make yummy cakes out of dirt. All of us boys like to eat them. Ninja is my role model. I want to do everything that he does. I learned to walk this month too, and I'm sleeping through the night, so I've got good reason to be proud!
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Ninja likes to swing!
ammi
boykie

Hurra for 17 mai

17 mai er vi så glad i, morro vi har fra morgen til kveld
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Noen som kjenner igjen denne bildeoppstillingen?

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Dagens tale (Speech of the day) Fulgt av skål for kongen og presidenten(SA), Ja vi elsker og Nkosi Sikelel` iAfrika
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Her trimmer vi for å bli sulten til smørgåsbordet og vaffler og pølser i brød (hotdog) og iskrem!
tog
tog i hagen, korpset bestod av en saksofon som spilte o`when the saints. (parade)
barn i bunad
Fine barn i bunad
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Norway and South Africa united in our hearts, it's actually like one, it's a pity we're not neighbouring countries, than we could have competed against eachother in Eurovision (grandprix). It would have been a blast. La det svinge la det rokken roll!

Visits from Norway

In may we were so lucky that both Øyvind and Ingvild came to visit us! Øyvind was only here with us for a day, as he was in South Africa with his job.
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Ingvild and I went to the cradel of human kind. Wich is 47000 hectars of land, were they supposedly have proof of evolution. "Who's your daddy?"
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Spot the visitor
the carnivors
Dinner at the Carnivors
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In the botanical garden
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We went to see Chicago at the theatro. Norske jenter er tydeligvis de fineste i verden. Bare se på oss!

Britt Elises 21st

Britt Elise was very happy to have her 21st in South Africa, since that is a big thing here. A whole day of fun! Even got the key of life. (noe de liker å gi til de som fyller 21 her)
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Evangelin and Bjørg Marie dressed me up and I had to buy sweets at clearwater mall, and then we whent for breakfast at Northgate!
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After breakfast we went paintballing. The girs got protection.
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Å så sinna.
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krigen
war wounds
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Getting ready for.....
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Vange, Kate and Bjørg Marie at News Cafè
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