July 15

This is Nelson, who stopped by the hospital with his mother. He was very curious and animated, like so many other little boys are!

Had a great day & busy today at the hospital! Presented to 2 different groups of managers, and both groups seemed interested and engaged. :) The first group was of the 4 top nursing managers, and they wanted to talk about conflict management. The second group was comprised of 20 supervisors of different areas of operation within the hospital. I talked to the 2nd group about time management and division of effort. They all seemed really hungry for information. I think that the management training we have access to at home - both in a college setting, in retail books, and in continuing education forums - is not readily available here. But interestingly, there is not much structure in their supervision processes now. I am not sure if that's just the laid back African culture (hakuna matata, "no worries"), or if it's just that they need more or new tools/resources to put the structure in place.

English club was also held tonight, and I always enjoy that. :) Brandon, the South African, is going to take over English club after I leave, so he was present this evening to observe how it works. (I was training him - ha!)