Driving through the village we
pulled over to see one of our local friends. He had been having stomach pains
for a few days and our driver wanted to drop something off for him. When we
asked what it was he showed us an unlabelled bottle and explained that it contained berries from the Romanian mountains that have medicinal qualities. Moldovans are so much more open to natural remedies than we are here, focusing on western
medicines.
Some of the volunteers had brought glasses to give to the
local people. Today we set up a table and put them all out. It was lovely to
watch the elderly folk trying on the glasses to find ones that made it easier
for them. They were so thrilled and the uptake was staggering.
