After a lovely Thanksgiving weekend/ GRE testing/ Katie’s birthday celebration, we returned to a broken Salajwe. There had been a disastrous thunderstorm while we were gone. Roofs were blown off of homes, glass windows were blown in, trees up-rooted, and paths flooded. The incredible power of blown sand destroyed our gardens. We even found a 50 gallon metal drum barrel inside our fenced-in yard. The Botswana Defense Force (BDF) arrived to provide tents for those whose houses were damaged. A building team from Letlhakeng arrived the next week to repair damage to the clinic and primary school. I spoke with a man who has a farm. He said the hail was piled up on the side of his hut and the storm had managed to kill some goats.
Thankfully, there were no reports at the clinic of serious injuries. We’re kinda disappointed we missed such an event.
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