It is amazing to look back at what we have accomplished during the last 5 weeks! We have successfully introduced mosquito control to eight of the 13 local islands in the Baa Atoll and we are currently on the ground working at the remaining 5.
We're off to a really great start at Kudarikilu. After meetings with the stake-holders in the island, four community leaders have stepped up to work with us to make a process to survey houses for mosquitoes: Misfah(an island council member), Zuhaira(a women's development committee member), Mukhthar(a receptionist at the health post) and Hassan Mohammed(the island's [...]
The women of the Maldives continue to impress me.
After two weeks staging from Landaa, the group headed out to a small guest house on Fuladhoo. It was from there that we broke up into our groups and divided among five islands - Thulhaadhoo, Fuladhoo, Hithaadhoo, Goidhoo and Fehendhoo. Jessica, Shah and myself were assigned the second largest island, Hithaadhoo. We worked closely with [...]
What an amazing experience to work for two weeks at Thulhaadhoo! I worked again with James and Piggy, and we were offered the opportunity to actually stay on the island with Nooh, a Four Seasons Resort employee who was given time off to help us with our project. Nooh was incredibly welcoming and hospitable, providing [...]