Today we ventured to the Petite Savanne School where we split up into pairs, organized the donations and met the "on-duty" principal. This school was very well organized with 3 levels, grades including pre-k until 6th grade. The children were very excited for us to be there and welcomed us with open arms.
We each gave a presentation on "Katy's kids" to our respective classes, this time adding honey into our ointments as a wetting agent. This addition seemed to work out with more success. The children seemed to have a good knowledge base of what a pharmacist does as well as various bush and western medications, including Paracetamol and Benadryl. After our presentations, we gave the kids pencils, erasers and stickers and they were very appreciative for these gifts. We also did our physical fitness activities which included an obstacle course (with bowling added to it this time) and a soccer game.
Upon leaving, all of the children gave us kisses and hugs including papers that stated "I love you miss". This was very touching and reminded us of the reasons as to why we came to Dominica for this rotation. It was very sad to leave, but we are going to keep in touch with the children and send them pictures after we return to the US. Today was a day that we will remember for the rest of our lives.
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