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Login to find out (May 13, 2005 at 4:10pm)

I went to the rainforest in Panama which was awesome. Pretty exotic I thought, but Africa sounds really cool too. Good luck!

Login to find out (May 9, 2005 at 8:20pm)

thanks serendipity......i want to go somewhere exotic. like to the african continent or maybe somewhere in asia as well... but i have no interest in going to south america......not yet... but anyhow thanks for your information...

Login to find out (May 8, 2005 at 11:31pm)

Its somehow through our school, I have no idea how though but I will check on it for you. I do know that there are a couple of faculty who do go so it might have been through them. However I know for sure that International Service learning takes medical students and the Timmy foundation does too, so you might want to try with them.

Login to find out (May 7, 2005 at 11:53pm)

not to be rude......but i dont think doctors without borders allows medical students with them.. if so i would have joined...from what i know there are no medical students with doctors with out borders... can u provide more information as to how ur friend got in.

Login to find out (May 7, 2005 at 9:35pm)

In terms of resources: last year I went on a medical service trip to Costa Rica and Panama for two weeks. It was through ISL but it was geared more towards first and second year medical students. (We gave vaccines, did eye exams/gave out glasses and did basic checkups. I know of friends who have gone through the Timmy foundation which I've heard is awesome. Also there a few students at my school that do their electives with Doctors without Borders during their fourth year and I've heard its a great experience. I don't know if this helps anyone but if you've got any questions, let me know.

Login to find out (May 3, 2005 at 11:08pm)

Hum, amazing meant that it gave me an insight into how things are and I was amazed. I never looked at it that way. I dont know how those men would answer that, but it does sound so novel and distant to us, but is so common and so accepted here. In fact, when the doctors are presenting cases to me, a routine part of the history of presenting illness is the number of wives, or for a female, her number.

Login to find out (April 29, 2005 at 8:52am)

maids are good to have. at least they have a job...anyhow ill talkk to u great people on sunday.. i am driving to north carolina today.....ill catch up with whats going on in Africa later......thanks to all

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 11:29pm)

Aabutt: i'm sensing the maid services aren't the only thing u like there. what's the amazing at the end refer to? so what else have u noted about the society? and even the polygamy? he has 4 homes for 4 wives? i would imagine a guy would never feel truly 'at home' wandering night to night ungrounded. i wonder how these men would answer that?

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 11:17pm)

Dr Adeel checking out the ugandan women....dont let the men come after u now...i guess in america a women competes with other women who might try having an affair with their husbands... i guess competion is everywhere.....so keeping oursleves beautiful and young is a never ending story.......men will always move on...God surely has blessed the man...ITs speacial to keep urself beautiful for ur husband.... Good For the AFrican Chiks...

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 11:14pm)

hahahah Dr Adeel.... a maid. ... thats soo mean.... u can have a maid in pakistan as well...but then again in america u call someone who cleans and cooks and buys u mangos a WIFE...anyhow....its cheery to have someone clean after u... i have a maid here who cleans my room once a week....leaving an odor of fresh spring.........but she dont buy me mangos... y come back to the states soo soon...

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 10:34pm)

Ugandan women dress up very smartly and nicely, even if they are very poor. I had noticed that at the time of arrival, but it wasnt till yesterday that I received a good plausable explanation. A friend from here told me that because of the polygamous society, the women really feel a need to keep themselves attractive to their husbands and men, so they would think less of such a venture. Now how far they have succeeded is another story. Actually, this is not just true of Uganda, but other east african countries as well, I have been told. Ahhhhhmazin', I tell ya!!!

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 10:31pm)

Hum, thanks for the correction. rumrum, it is Adeel, with "ee"... Exotic rituals? well, the most exotic ritual that I have gotten used to is a maid who cooks, cleans, does the laundry, buys me fresh mangos, makes up the bed, 'n stuff. It has become quite a topic of discussion among my friends back home. Sigh, soon I will come back in to the real world!!!

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 6:29pm)

Dr Adeil is adapting to the lifestyles of the africans.. give us more detalis of their life values.. and exotic rituals.....what sort of stuff have u seen there... yeah these pharmacetical companies have turned me down over and over again...i shall seek else where...

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 6:27pm)

hum ur soooo funny........i am cracking up now... so funny...its acutally Aa, not AA....i am going to call him DR Adeil from now on. thats ur name.. i think AA sounds AA...interesting to c no beggers in uganda.. that is good, i guess...

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 4:45pm)

AA: there was no error to correct, fair amount vs 25%, no contradiction there, tomato, TomAto :) and hey, call me Hum, H is just too short, It's like AA without the Butt, hey that doesn't sound right, ok nuff jokes there.

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 2:38pm)

For H, I stand corrected about the Muslim population in Uganda. It is about 25%. Many mosques in Kampala. One striking thing in Uganda is the absence of panhandlers/beggars. I havent come across a single one so far.

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 2:37pm)

*blushing now*. Thanks. The pharmaceutical companies generally will not fund trips overseas in this environment, so I wouldnt even try... Malaria has so far stayed away from me. Maybe cuz I bought this circa 1920 wooden carved human figure belonging to Mboke tribe in the Kisangahi province bordering Rwanda/Uganda, which was actually used by the tribe to ward off smallpox,(but seems to working for me for GI and malarial parasites).

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 10:06am)

wow thats impressive of ur student.. great job on her part.. well then this is interesting information, i got turned down for a donation at BAXTER pharmacetical for afghanistan in 2002, where i worked...so after that i had not tried other organizations but have had the opportunity to go to ISRAEL, which was funded by others. Well then i surely would like to keep this information in my journal...AGain Thanks Senoir AA...by the way hows the malaria and other kinds of parasites treating u...

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 10:02am)

AA i meant to say ur an AMAZING human being....of course u know that part already....Been on naseeb for a month now and i have only found 3 good people so far....U surely do amuse ur self in many ways... i guess that is what the smile is all about and those shades.... what u hiding...hahha u want samaosa... my hands r tired......i have had people say to start my own business.. and i would make money... still working on that goal.......hahahhah give me ur address and ill mail them to u.....

Login to find out (April 28, 2005 at 5:12am)

Another way of raising funds for such a trip, esp to Africa, is to write a small grant or make a presentation to a local charitable foundation or Rotary, outlining the type of the work you would do for a month or two, and I am sure they will be very happy to support it. Like I was saying about my med student - she made a presentation of her planned trip to Africa to her local Rotary, and they donated enough money on the spot to install a fresh water well. Such presentations can raise $ 3000-5000 in a matter of minutes, and will more than adequately cover your trip costs and then some!

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