Day 9 "Want Some Drugs?"

Today (Tuesday) was our first opportunity to "get our hands dirty" (mostly just dusty). Praksis has a huge need for medications in order to care for the people they help. Everything is donated from other people or hospitals. When we opened the storage room for all prescriptions, there were piles of trash bags full of meds. We had to go through every box or bottle and check the expiration dates. Then we separated everything into alphabetical order by name and even further into piles by date (year). There is very limited shelf space so everything from 2010 needed to be sorted through and re-stocked. The remaining piles were just put back in the room in what could be called an "organized mess" which is better than just a mess. We had a radio with some English music so it was even kind of fun. Although we weren't able to see the actual people that would be affected and helped, the work we did helped Praksis out for the next few months. It is hard not to see the ultimate impact, but I have to remind myself that someone, some day will immigrate to Greece, need medicine, and will have access to it because the students here at Global LEAD were able to tackle a mountain of drugs and to put them away on shelves that the doctors at Praksis would be able to pick from easily in order to give them the medical care they need. I just really wish there was more that we can do to assist Praksis in their efforts.

We had our group dinner tonight at this really cute restaurant (not sure what it was called). And I don't know how to describe what kind of food they serve. We had bread and a couple rounds of appetizers that I don't know the names of either. But I had chicken with parmesan crust and potatoes on the side for my meal. It was very good! And I had a great slice cheesecake for dessert! We sat outside- it was so chilly but the restaurant had nice little blankets that we all draped over our laps or arms.

I didn't take any pictures today. We aren't allowed to have our cameras or phones out at Praksis. And I forgot to take pictures at dinner. Sorry that this blog entry is kind of boring yall!

Thanks for (still) reading!

xoxo,

Jenna