Beninoise staff

This afternoon we took on over 180 locals to help us run the ship in Benin. They had all been recruited over the last couple of months through the local churches, and some worked with us in 2004/5. They will work as cooks, cleaners, engineers, painters, drivers, mechanics, engineers, deck-hands and translators (for the 16 different local dialects in Benin). The ship will soon be at bursting point, with a full crew of over 400, plus over 180 local staff, plus the patients and their carers. Olly