VIDP

VIDP is the name of the project(s) which Norkirken supports. We have spent the day in two villages holding a health-care and hygeine seminar followed by treating injuries wounds and disease.

The lady in the picture below told us of how the project has helped her be more responsible for herself and her ecconomy which has in turn improved her quality of life.

This is her herb garden complete with aloe vera.

Wherever we go children gather to look at the white foreigners, the Cambodian children are so beautiful. This group lined up to have their picture taken every time they saw a camera.

Pat treated about 20 people for a huge variety of medical problems. She keeps saying how interesting she is finding it is seeing things that she has not seen in the UK in her 33 years as a GP.



 Pat and Dara one of our fantastic translators.











We then went home to a patient who'd been in a road traffic accident a couple of months earlier and was paralysed from the waiste down. The health team dealt with some bedsores he had and then we asked if we could pray or him. They allowed us to but I have no miracle to report.

The living conditions of much of the population are undescribeable. On comment made to Pat a lot today was that the people do not have enough to eat. Nor do they have access to clean water although they did not complain about it. This is the dam they use and below is a rain water collection pot. We looked into one and found all sorts of insects and even tadpoles living in it although it was used, unboiled, as drinking water. 

The last thing we did today was to teach an english class run by the church. I led a group of 8-13 year olds and had great fun with them.

In the picture below I would throw the ball to each child while asking them a question such as "What's your name?" and they would reply as they threw the ball back "My name is...".  All in all another good day.