My how time flies. I must apologize for the great delay in updating this blog, but I have been rather busy with classes and work.

I do have some exciting news. Hand washing has made it to the U.S. Yes, this semester I will have the opportunity to bring the hand washing clinic to Madison. A classmate of mine has a connection with Wingra School here in Madison, and she mentioned that the school is looking for some projects to do related to health etc. I, of course, volunteered the hand washing thing we did with schools in Guatemala, and the school is interested. CLEAN HANDS AROUND THE WORLD! That may become my new mantra, I don't know yet. Just trying it on for size.

Anyway, this is just one of many exciting things going on this semester. I absolutely love the public health semester. If only I had know about this years ago. I am doing a thing called Participatory Photo Mapping as part of my clinical with the Public Health Department of Madison Dane County. For more info on PPM, check out http://www.la.wisc.edu/ppm/. It is really a neat idea, and the kids we took around last week to take pictures of their neighborhood seemed to really get into it. This week we get to talk to them about the photos they took, why they took them, and what they think the photos say about their neighborhood. We'll see how it goes.