The store in downtown Colonia (more of a village) sells the school uniform. This is quite nice since the kids from Kindergarten through High School all wear the same uniform it is hard to distinguish the rich from the poor.
Here Andy is talking to the kids. He talked to them about Beetlenut, Tobacco and Alcohol use from a medical point of view. After the talk he let the kids ask him questions. The high school kids had no questions, but the middle school had lots. During the speech Andy mentioned having to cut off some fingers that were cancerous because of tobacco use. The first question a boy had when he asked for questions was, "do you use a chain saw to cut off fingers?"
Here Andy is talking to Norma. She is the only girl left in the school who was his student 10 years ago. She was kindergarten then...now she is 9th grade. Several of the original class are now overseas going to school and some have just dropped out of the mission school system.
Andy stopped by the Yap Hospital to visit with the doctor there. He is also a family doctor who is there on a government pay back system. If Andy could be guaranteed a place like Yap he would try to switch over from military to the public health system which puts doctors in these primitive places where doctors are so needed but the people in that area can't afford to pay the salary. This guy was actually a classmate of one of Andy's fellow resident doctors in Camp Pendleton and she introduced them. This doctor is engaged to marry a Yap girl and plans to stay in Yap, but would love for Andy to come and spell him off sometime.
The store in downtown Colonia (more of a village) sells the school uniform. This is quite nice since the kids from Kindergarten through High School all wear the same uniform it is hard to distinguish the rich from the poor.
Here Andy is talking to the kids. He talked to them about Beetlenut, Tobacco and Alcohol use from a medical point of view. After the talk he let the kids ask him questions. The high school kids had no questions, but the middle school had lots. During the speech Andy mentioned having to cut off some fingers that were cancerous because of tobacco use. The first question a boy had when he asked for questions was, "do you use a chain saw to cut off fingers?"
Here Andy is talking to Norma. She is the only girl left in the school who was his student 10 years ago. She was kindergarten then...now she is 9th grade. Several of the original class are now overseas going to school and some have just dropped out of the mission school system.
Andy stopped by the Yap Hospital to visit with the doctor there. He is also a family doctor who is there on a government pay back system. If Andy could be guaranteed a place like Yap he would try to switch over from military to the public health system which puts doctors in these primitive places where doctors are so needed but the people in that area can't afford to pay the salary. This guy was actually a classmate of one of Andy's fellow resident doctors in Camp Pendleton and she introduced them. This doctor is engaged to marry a Yap girl and plans to stay in Yap, but would love for Andy to come and spell him off sometime.
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