This is just a quick update to post some photos.
On Saturday we cooked up a delicious meal at Holly, Allie, Bethany and Alicia's apartment. Here we are as we are about to sit down. The real coup was learning how to use the timer on my camera! We made guacamole, bruschetta, and beet & carrot salad from veggies my friends had bought at the market earlier. We paired this with some artesanal bread. Emily was up visiting from Cochabamba. It was a lovely evening. This was followed by a night of dancing (both inside the apartment and out at a bar).
We went to the Bolivia vs. Chile futbol game on Sunday evening. It was as crazy as you'd imagine. People screaming, crowds so large and thronging I doubt we ever would have found our seat if it hadn't been for Ximena, a local, who was with us.
me, Ximena & Rosa
from the back: Bethany, Emily, me, Ximena, Rosa
Emily & KimUnfortunately, Bolivia lost (the fans from Chile were crazy, drumming the whole time, spreading their huge flag over their entire section, lighting fireworks). I was hoping to have a picture of the scoreboard with Bolivia ahead but there was no such moment:
Yesterday my sampling went well. We did 9 interviews and got blood samples from pesticide retailers in a market district of La Paz. It went very well. They were all quite concerned about their exposure levels and are planning to come to our pesticide safety course on June 23 to learn more about how they can protect themselves. It's quite interesting because most of them say they know what the pesticide labels mean, for instance, but when you ask them specifically they really don't know. Most of these sellers are holed up in their shops, which smell of pesticides, all day. They eat in there and most of them, from what we've seen so far, do not use any personal protective equipment nor do they wash their hands or change their clothes after they get home. I'm excited able to the pesticide safety course and to be able to be offer a concrete benefit to the retailers as part of the study.
Yesterday my sampling went well. We did 9 interviews and got blood samples from pesticide retailers in a market district of La Paz. It went very well. They were all quite concerned about their exposure levels and are planning to come to our pesticide safety course on June 23 to learn more about how they can protect themselves. It's quite interesting because most of them say they know what the pesticide labels mean, for instance, but when you ask them specifically they really don't know. Most of these sellers are holed up in their shops, which smell of pesticides, all day. They eat in there and most of them, from what we've seen so far, do not use any personal protective equipment nor do they wash their hands or change their clothes after they get home. I'm excited able to the pesticide safety course and to be able to be offer a concrete benefit to the retailers as part of the study.
More to follow once I download the photos.
:)
xoxo
Kim
1 comment:
Hi Kim, the pics from the game are great-- looks like fun time, and that stadium looks HUGE!!
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