The Tommy Hilfiger marketing department was in the village this week. Their foundation donates a substantial amount of money to the project for education and health and representatives from their marketing department plus guests from Elle and Marie Claire magazines came to get photos, stories, and film. We are told they’re putting out a ‘Millennium Villages’ inspired line of clothing with a percentage going to the project. Completely odd but good for both the project and for selling clothes apparently. So watch for slick ads from Ruhiira, Uganda.
I went with them (lots of land rovers) to go to Health Day. Health Day takes place in different locations in the project periodically and is an emporium of health services. The project area is about 200 square kilometers and since villagers live up to 10km from a health center, the Health Days take place in in-between spots. There was a long line of people waiting to see a doctor or nurse and get medications. Next door were counselors to do pre- and post-test HIV counseling with the next door down being the HIV test site. Up the hill there was a room for antenatal care and another with one of the midwives implanting long-acting contraception. There was nutrition training, a room for adolescents to get care, a baby-weighing station, a feeding area for young children, immunizations, and agricultural displays. It was crowded and festive- lots of people getting services they wanted.
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