A mom and her baby at the CURE Uganda hospital

This summer, we have various volunteers who are serving at CURE hospitals in various capacities.  Some are on teams; some are individuals.  Some stay for a couple of weeks and some for a couple of months.

One of these people is Emily Laning from the U.S., who’s spending a few weeks at our hospital in Uganda. She’s provided her services in various administrative capacities around the hospital. As with most people who serve overseas in the developing world, she has experienced a different culture and a different way of life.  Here is how Emily describes the random events of a typical day:

Cassava is this food they have here; it’s almost like big french fries (sort of). Every day for lunch we have white rice, beans, some sort of greens (this spinach type thing, coleslaw, etc.) and then some other sort of starch like cassava. We’ve also started sitting by Florence at lunch, which is really fun. She’s an older woman who is in charge of the nurses and has the best laugh I have ever heard!

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