Pamela McLean's blog

October 15th is blog action day and the topic is water.

What could I say about water?  I live in the UK. I have normal hot and cold running water. I haven't even got a power shower, dishwasher or fancy garden water feature - just simple household running water - nothing remarkable - just ordinary water - drinking water. What is there to say?

Ordinary? Drinking water? Running water? Drinking water running to my house? That's ordinary? The running drinking water that I have... that is normal?

"Fantsuam Foundation is laying on a local event to mark the day. It will raise awareness, provide free screening for 500 children under 5 years of age, and distribute folic acid and multi-vitamins. This is the first time ever for people around Kafanchan to receive free screening for sickle cell disease. Fantsuam Foundation has recruited and is training 50 volunteers to help on the day. They can screen 500, but expect up to 1000 to come forward, so there will be major crowd control challenges. Pin pricks on heels will be used to collect blood for lab analysis.