Marc's reflections....
Today was the fourth and last day of our clinics, again in the village of Ruti where we were yesterday. We were again fortunate and blessed to have ideal weather today, which is amazing because it has rained part of practically every day in this area for weeks.

Our clinic served around 230 patients today. Considering that we only planned to be in this site for one day and we ended up being there for two, we considered this very good. Liz again did a wonderful job caring for many women and children. I again played a support role, working on setup and breakdown of the site and escorting patients. The team worked together very well and at the end of the day was very satisfied with our work. We had a short ceremony where we thanked the translators that made our work possible.

In total the ORH team has served nearly a thousand patients on this trip. On one hand, we feed proud and satisfied with our work. On the other, we recognize that this accomplishment is very small, almost insignificant compared with the needs of the people in the communities we served, not to mention the many impoverished communities all over Uganda. Therefore we are humbled. But perhaps one of the greatest accomplishments of this trip is that we have shown these people that someone from far away cares for them, in a place where few or none have cared for them before.

Pictures: Ceremony for translators; people waiting in line at the begining of the last clinic day; ORH Team pictures.