This week has been rich of important events for the Hospital.

Last Thursday a new CEO for the Hospital arrived, he is an Italian doctor named Stefano. He was introduced to the community of the Hospital and of Kalongo by the Arcibishop of Gulu, so we had the honour of the presence of His Grace too.

Below the cut of the cake with the main authorities: the Arcibishop, Dott. Santini, Father Ezio, Monsignor Odong done on December 8th in occasion of the celebrations of Marie Immaculate.

The following morning the Arcibishop introduced Dr. Santini to the entire staff of Dr. Ambrosoli Memorial Hospital. His arrival is an important step for the entire hospital, to provide continuous support to the betterment of the Hospital for the short and long term. So, welcome Stefano!!!

During the week the hospital was also blessed with the arrival of an Italian infectivologist, Dr. Cesare Bolla and a newly graduated Midwife, Giovanna. They are spending a tour of different hospitals in Northern Uganda to collect information and provide useful material for future collaborations. Giovanna will also stay for nearly two months in Uganda to teach to the local midwifes about delivery practices in Italy and allow some comparison. 

With Giovanna we tried to eat sugar from sugar cane...another important experience if you are in Africa...

Being so many Italians here this week we also decided to celebrate with some beers, here we are at a local bar, the four of us, Dr. Patient and Anthony from Hospital staff:

Sunday morning Cesare and Giovanna were supposed to travel to Matany and visit the local hospital. Matany is located in Karamojia, an area on the eastern side of Uganda, where people lives still as tribes, and even the nature is completely different from Kalongo, very dry and hot.
Here some pictures of the landscape on the road...
Children running after us at the sight of the car:

Children, dressed with local clothes, following the precious cows:

And some pictures from Matany, a cute little girl:

the center of Matany

and the Italians

There are actually a lot of Italians giving their support to the Hospital in Matany and it was very touching to find in these far lands in Uganda other Italians that decided to dedicate part of their life to help the people in needs, your efforts and energies are really appreciated!