I went to visit a birthing clinic a couple of days ago. The little house was badly damaged by the tsunami flooding so 2 of USAID's projects teamed together and helped to rebuild the place. The Basic Human Services project provided the medical equipment and medicine and the Environmental Services Project (another DAI project) provided clean water and waste water removal systems for the little 3-room clinic.We met the young midwife who runs the place and she told us that in rural Indonesia, midwives not only provide prenatal support and birthing care, but they also act as a pediatrician. She had just delivered the first baby a few weeks ago in the new facility, and the parents named the son Mohammad Usaidi.
Get it? USAID + i. Maybe in a few years, there will be lots of Acehnese boys name Usaidi.
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