We completed our rounds of interviews on Friday and put together the agenda and materials for the stakeholder meeting. The basic provider workshop has entered its practical phase and students were busy fitting clients who were brought in from outside with the appropriate wheelchair. It remains a moving experience to see people in wheelchairs helping other people in wheelchairs get more comfortable with posture-supporting adjustments to the chair. They were busy changing wheel position and height, making support cushions, and adjusting foot rests. After that they helped them practice going up and down ramps, steps, turning and doing wheelies. I am so awed by all this.
We were invited to dinner by the ministry people at a Mongolian restaurant and tried some of the most typical foods, like sukhuur, a kind of hot pocket with meat or vegetables. I was glad I choose vegetarian as Maggie reported plenty of gristle in her pocket. She kept pushing the food around her plate to give the impression of eating. We started with tea (mesh teabags in tiny boxes imported from Arizona believe it or not), ate our pockets and then finished off with a Ghinggis Khan draught.
The food is starchy and meaty with pickles and salads occasionally as side dished. After a week I am starting to crave fresh vegetables. It is understandable that veggies are not part of the diet in this country of nomads, deserts, steppes and harsh winters but this would make it hard for me to thrive here.
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