Our busy days continued today. We got to visit Fistula Hospital in Addis. This is a hospital for women who developed a fistula during delivery. Often the villages that women come from think this is a result of a curse on the family and the women are considered outcasts. They often live with shame for many years over this. Some travel great distances to finally seek help from the hospital. No woman is ever turned away for treatment. We were unable to take any photographs there to protect the privacy of the patients. The facilities were very nice and the grounds were beautiful. One of the ways they help the women is to teach them a craft so they can use this as a trade to help them earn an income once they are out of the hospital. They sell them at the hospital too and part of the money goes to the patient and part to the hospital. We just about cleared out all the inventory they had!
We had lunch at a wonderful Italian restaurant and then coffee/machiatos at an outdoor cafe. Being the birthplace of coffee, nothing beats Ethiopian coffee!!
We finished the afternoon off by spending it at the America World transition home. I have to say it was hard to keep from taking another 2 or 3 home!
Dinner tonight was at Zebra Grill, a restaurant we were able to eat at when we were here for our adoption. Food was good but service was slow....Ethiopian time.
Our group of ladies who spent the day together. This has been an incredible mission team to be with.
Outdoor cafe and machiato........mmmmmmmmm!!!!
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