This has been a strange week at work. Mornings are dreadfully slow and afternoons are filled with long and productive meetings for the new OMAXE Construction project. We are designing a pilot healthcare program with a strong emphasis on HIV, STIs and TB. It is a unique experience to be included in the creation stage. We will be working with the unskilled laborers who are a migrant community and often use sex workers and drugs. This makes them a high risk population for health problems. The plan is to create a survey and interview the workers to determine what their priorities are and what they are actually at risk for. The project proposal date is sometime next week and then we are kicking it off next Thursday I believe.
The irritating part of this is that it has completely cut into the teaching program and consequently, the dance performance that I was supposed to be planning for Friday. Because the meetings for OMAXE take place in the afternoons, school has been cancelled for the week. While I understand that this has a higher priority, it is hard to cope with the sudden change of schedule when I had such a busy and special week scheduled for the kids. Also, tomorrow is Maitri’s Founders Day and I’m a little bummed that we aren’t going to be able to celebrate it with the children’s dance performance. And yes, this also means that the Human Rights Campaign that I have been looking forward to will also be postponed. C’est la vie.
Regardless, I predict that the program is going to be quite successful. Our team consists of the Maitri staff, statistical experts, as well as the OMAXE management so there are a lot of great minds coming together with varied perspectives. I get to feel all grown up sitting around a conference table, taking notes and contributing to the brainstorming and planning process.
More later. Peace.
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