Update on the 2011 Aid to Africa medical outreach to Angola

20111102 Aid to Africa
The team finally reached the first destination of Cuito Cuanavale after about six days on the road. The target area is isolated and the team had to travel on bad roads, some of which were marked with land mine warnings! The 500 litre drinking water tank broke off the truck, damaging the vehicle, and one of the trailers broke down twice. Thankfully the damage was not too serious and everybody arrived safely in a hot Cuito Cuanavale.
The clinic started on Monday and the first few patients who received cataract surgery had their eye pads removed today (2nd Oct). Their joy at being able to see again was wonderful to witness. One man, Joao Babtista, a pastor, is looking forward to preaching again and being able to read his bible. For the last few years he has preached from memorized bible versus. Joao is one of 18 blind patients who have received surgery so far. They team also attended to about 300 other patients. The DFL team of 3 doctors, 2 nurses and the support team will continue working in Cuito Cuanavale for 4 days and then move on to Mavinga for another 4 days of work.