A typical work day - get up to have breakfast (that was prepared for you & your dirty dishes are cleaned for you), grab scrubs that were laundered for you, walk down the hall (the shortest commute ever to work) to the ward. You break for lunch prepared for you (no need to pack a lunch the night before) - a hot meal with alot of variety, including fresh fruit and veggies. The food is amazing here! You might see the evidence on me when I return home (hopefully not)! After work just throw your dirty scrubs in the bin and you have clean ones for the next day. We are well taken care of here.
Here are some pics of the dock from the ship.
Starboard side of ship/dock
Fleet of Mercy Ships vehicles/ admissions tents. Many rats find there homes under many of these containers and cockroaches on the dock as well.
Port side - beautiful view of palm trees! Togo navy ships
The Togo elections were held beginning of March. We were not allowed dock leave for nearly a week (with a some exceptions). The last elections held in 2005 were violent with riots where the army needed to be involved. Depending on which of the locals you talk to 200-700 people were killed here in Lome, thus security on the ship was so tight. I was scheduled to work most of this time, so that was alright. The elections ended up being mostly peaceful, although some riots occured with some people being injured no deaths were reported.
Below is a picture of my current roomates, all RN's: Lt-Rt Silke (from Germany), Christina & Jen (from USA), then myself, Jenny (from Austrailia), and Gwen (from New Zealand). It's great having a multi-cultural room and a blessing getting to know them.
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