Making babies is fun!

Day one of our training finally begins! We had 7/8 participants arrive this morning at 9am, with the final person arriving in the afternoon. The decision was made to have the training sessions here at the guest house as it is very open, comfortable and in the same area as the hospital where it was originally planned to take place. (Besides the fact that we have 3 "western" bathrooms available!)

Today part of the training involved making babies. They are fabric dolls in which the participants chose buttons for eyes, hair for the babies, and they're even complete with umbilical cord and placenta! They are perfect teaching tools for them to use for their future training courses in the community. The best part of this was that there are 3 men participating in this training, and they were the most involved in the "baby making process" (suprise, suprise).

Here are pictures of the class making their babies.

We feel as though today went very well and received great comments on the daily evaluations from participants. They seemed to be more comfortable in the new setting and were more involved in the discussions.

We look forward to another great day tomorrow. As we wind up our day, an evening monsoon looms over the land. Lots of lightening and of course, thunder.

That's all for now, as we are all exhausted from making babies!