The lineup begins as we are setting up the church.
The deworming tablets. 5 for anyone over the age of two, 2 1/2 for babies.
Patiently waiting their turn to come in for the deworming tablets.
We let five people in at a time for the deworming tablets. At the door we asked the age of the children and checked their hands were checked to ensure they had not already received the medication.
Then they went to the deworming table where they chewed the tablets.
After each person had received the deworming tablets, a heart was drawn on his or her hand.
The next stop was to get a drink of water to wash down the tablets. For some of the younger children who were having a hard time chewing the pills, we gave them a small piece of a chocolate protein bar to have with the pills.
Moms waiting with their babies to see the doctor for a check-up.
Although the process was very efficient moving people in and out of the church, the line outside never got smaller. . .if anything it just got larger as time went on.
Many children stood at the windows looking in to see what the muzungus were doing.
One of the nicer houses in the community.
Some of the beautiful community children posing for the camera.
For some reason these kids thought it would be a fun game after I had taken their picture to run around behind me and pinch my behind as I was taking pictures of other kids. I was very surprised to feel a little hand pinching my backside, and did they ever laugh and think it was the funniest thing. Cheeky kids!
Interesting side note about Chipulukusu:
I cannot confirm or deny this, but I have heard it from a couple of different sources that Chipulukusu got its name from a muzungu named Chip Lukas who lived in the area and the locals added a few extra vowels and the name of the area became known as Chipulukusu.
The people in that community are actually trying to change the name to Mapalo which means blessing.
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