While I was undergoing Basic Safety Training (BST) in Texas, friends on board were screening approximately 4000 adults and children in Togo. Approximately about 1500 patients are booked for life-transforming surgeries in the operating room. Thousand more will undergo dental and cataract surgeries as well.
The video (see right) shows footage of the screening.
More photographs of screening can be viewed by clicking on the above tabs, as can photos and video of the basic safety training - fire fighting and sea survival.
All done here in Texas, leave for Africa tomorrow....33 hours and 4 flights later we will be in Benin....and then 20 days later we arrive in Togo to join the ship....can't wait. Next blog post will be from on board the Africa Mercy.
