Wednesday's weekly online meeting between the UK and rural Nigeria came up against a familiar enemy - connectivity problems. Initially things looked bleak as we faced a long time delay with receiving and sending Skype messages. However, following a quick exchange of SMS messages the meeting was finally able to start, allowing John Dada to appear online for half an hour to bring us up to date with the latest news.
We were pleased to hear that the ESSPIN programme is now well underway and are looking forward to seeing the photos.
John also informed us that preparations for the Sickle Cell Awareness Day Celebrations had entered the final phase.
However we were especially excited to learn that over the last two months a series of training courses has been under way at Fantsuam Foundation. John said that virtually every family in their village had now attended one or more of these sessions. He has asked a member of his team to send me photos and a short summary of the training taking place.
This week's session is for the female bean cake sellers, who are being trained in the intricacies of catfish processing. Here in the UK we wait with much interest to learn more!