A Day in Her Shoes

Here is a Mother's Day fundraiser that we hosted at our house to raise some money and some support for the four first-year medical students heading to Tanzania this summer for COHI. The event was catered by the Ethiopian bar two blocks from our house. Delicious!

We played a "reality" game at the event where participants assume an identity of a woman in Tanzania, complete with an education, health history, and socio-economic status. As the evening progresses the players are dealt "chance" cards, after which they all have to make decisions in order to survive. It was fascinating to watch as humanitarian workers such as the night's guests would sell their kids to the local war lord in order to have food for the next round. Great time had by all!