Friday, 29 April 2011
The Royal Wedding
Thursday, 28 April 2011
Badly burnt boy
One of our nurses took a look at him, but he is beyond even our help. I got one of our drivers to take him to the childrens hospital around the corner, where he will most likely die. It will be a miracle if he survives; if he does he will be badly scarred and need numerous skin grafts and operations to free contractures. Who knows, maybe we'll see him back here in a few months for those surgeries if he pulls through. Please pray for him. Olly
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
Happy 50th, Sierra Leone
PS I got bored with the depressing black and greys on this blog's background so changed it to this lovely summer blue.
Tuesday, 26 April 2011
Oprah
Sunday, 24 April 2011
RIP Chris Hondros
Friday, 22 April 2011
Chimp Reserve
Tesco in Freetown?
Monday, 18 April 2011
Diarrhoea of a Wimpy Kid
Sunday, 17 April 2011
Grande Congo
Saturday, 16 April 2011
Noah's work experience
Paradise
Friday, 15 April 2011
Rainy season begins
Thursday, 14 April 2011
Fab new book
Diving photos
Below, an intake without a basket, covered in garbage which restricts the flow of water and will cause the machinery that needs that water to cool to overheat.
Wednesday, 13 April 2011
(Slightly less of a) water shortage
(Captain Tim)
...managed the crises very well, and we were able to muddle through for a couple of days without cancelling any surgeries, by closing the laundry... (the laundry)
...going onto disposable dinner-ware, cease washing decks and vehicles, and restrict showers to one short cold shower a day. Water trucks brought us water all weekend, and we were able to load with city water on Monday and Wednesday too, so last night the laundry reopened (one load per person per week), and today we went back onto proper dinner-ware. I have found an alternate source of water for washing the vehicles thus saving 500 liters a day, and the showers are still cold (to take away the temptation for a long shower - it's amazing how quickly people can shower if the water is cold!). (preparing ourselves for a cold shower)
Meanwhile, the water level in our wave pool may get lower and lower... (the wave pool when the level is high)
Slowly our reserves are building, and hopefully we'll be back to normal soon. Thank you for praying for us. Olly