Outreach

My favorite day is when we go on outreach. Usually six of us midwives pile into our jeep and go to one of the four local tribal villages that we visit. Pakak, Lacnog, Highway Pakak, and Ileb. It is anywhere from a 25-50 minute drive and is always an adventure! You are sure to see Caribou, pigs that are suicidal and begging to get run over, rice fields, mountains, and people drying rice on the road. Once we are at the village we go to a home that someone opened up for us and wait. Sometimes we go roaming the village or the rice fields searching and gather women for their prenatal. One time we helped plant rice so that the pregnant women could come! Once all the women are present we give a lecture about prenatal care, or nutrition, or family spacing methods, or postnatal care. We then have a bible study and merienda (snack)! Then give each pregnant woman a prenatal check up or a postnatal baby check. Most of the time we stay for a little while and visit with different people in the village.