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| Is it too late to blog about my trip to Madagascar?? Left at the end of March. SLC>JFK>JNB>TNR |
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| Went to volunteer for Operation Smile and primarily shadowed the Speech-Language Pathologist in Antananarivo. |
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| As a team, screened 793 patients and operated on 151 of them over the course of 12 days. Operation Smile is a non-profit organization that repairs cleft lip and cleft palate facial deformities for children from third world countries. |
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| Hung out with this sweetheart of a guy during screening. Sweetest boy ever. |
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| From a walk one day near the hospital. |
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| Took a bus to the countryside for some home visits. |
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| This beautiful family welcomed us into their home, although we couldn't fit. |
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| Look at this beautiful baby. Before surgery. |
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| Same baby. After surgery. |
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| It is truly beautiful to see what we can do with our talents to bless the lives of others. |
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| Such a tender moment- mother and daughter in the post-op room. |
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| More visits to the countryside. Heyyyyy boys. |
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| Home visit two. House a little bigger this time. |
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| School kids walking home in the little village of Ampangabe. |
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| Watched my UCT pals give some health presentation. Kids are obviously engaged. Good work. |
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| Dinner crew. Ku de ta? Sakamanga? Can't remember. |
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| MANSON. |
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| Took me a while. Getting my dance on. |
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| Indian food night. Paneer. Yums. |
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| Raw crocodile. Inevitable. |
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| Final party. Me. The surgeons. Holla. |
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| These boys are African. Who would have thought. |
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| Amazing week with an incredible team. It's always inspiring to get out and see the world from a different perspective. Thankful for the advancement of education and technology. "Only a life lived for others is worth living". -AE |
