Dear friends
After quite a long break (6 weeks) over the holidays I am back in Malawi since a few weeks. The trip back was a bit of a pain. The plane was delayed out of Oslo and I landed in Stockholm as my plane for Addis Abeba took off. Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) put me up in a hotel, fed me and I was quite comfortable for the 20 hours I was in Stockholm. 24 hours late I arrived in Blantyre on a Sunday istead of Saturday, atleast I came with both my suitcases (with all the Medical equipment).
One thing is for sure, it's a heck of a lot warmer here than in Norway. The Monday before I left it was -27C. Here it is somewhere around 25-28C every day now at the end of rainy season.
I did not only have vacation while in Norway, that was only about 2.5 weeks, the rest of the time I worked. I gave a presentation at my ward about the Project, I also gave a presentation for HR at Oslo University Hospital and wrote some reports. I also worked on the New Project application and round 1 of that application that we are about to hand over to FK Norway, crossing my fingers.
Every 3 years we have to Write a New Overall Project Application, every year we Write a yearly Application, every year we also Write a Budget Application and a report for the past year's work and budget. Sometimes I think I am more coordinator/organizer and social director than nurse.
I was the kind of student that hated writing papers with a passion, now I actually enjoy writing applications and reports. If I ever get my thumb out and get my masters it should be a breeze compared to this stuff... ;-D
So, what's the plan forward? I honestly do not know. I may stay in Malawi until August to get the nurses in the New Project settled but after that, I do not know.
What do I want to do? I want to continue working on Projects. I feel that it would be difficult going back to my ward in Norway, with all the resources we have after having been out and seen what is happening elsewhere. I am officially a mission junky now. Either way I would love to continue working in Malawi on this Project or maybe going somewhere else working on another Project. Maybe working in Norway on these kinds of Projects... We'll se what the future holds.
Big hugs
Dear friends
After quite a long break (6 weeks) over the holidays I am back in Malawi since a few weeks. The trip back was a bit of a pain. The plane was delayed out of Oslo and I landed in Stockholm as my plane for Addis Abeba took off. Scandinavian Airline System (SAS) put me up in a hotel, fed me and I was quite comfortable for the 20 hours I was in Stockholm. 24 hours late I arrived in Blantyre on a Sunday istead of Saturday, atleast I came with both my suitcases (with all the Medical equipment).
One thing is for sure, it's a heck of a lot warmer here than in Norway. The Monday before I left it was -27C. Here it is somewhere around 25-28C every day now at the end of rainy season.
I did not only have vacation while in Norway, that was only about 2.5 weeks, the rest of the time I worked. I gave a presentation at my ward about the Project, I also gave a presentation for HR at Oslo University Hospital and wrote some reports. I also worked on the New Project application and round 1 of that application that we are about to hand over to FK Norway, crossing my fingers.
Every 3 years we have to Write a New Overall Project Application, every year we Write a yearly Application, every year we also Write a Budget Application and a report for the past year's work and budget. Sometimes I think I am more coordinator/organizer and social director than nurse.
I was the kind of student that hated writing papers with a passion, now I actually enjoy writing applications and reports. If I ever get my thumb out and get my masters it should be a breeze compared to this stuff... ;-D
So, what's the plan forward? I honestly do not know. I may stay in Malawi until August to get the nurses in the New Project settled but after that, I do not know.
What do I want to do? I want to continue working on Projects. I feel that it would be difficult going back to my ward in Norway, with all the resources we have after having been out and seen what is happening elsewhere. I am officially a mission junky now. Either way I would love to continue working in Malawi on this Project or maybe going somewhere else working on another Project. Maybe working in Norway on these kinds of Projects... We'll se what the future holds.
Big hugs
