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Changing the world—my commitment
改变世界——我的承诺
20 October
10月20日
Arrived here to find everything was in chaos.
来到这儿，发现一切都乱糟糟的。
Have not had time to write my diary for a whole week.
有一整周我都没时间写日记了。
The whole island is flooded.
整个岛屿都被淹没了。
Many of the people have fled to the mountains to escape.
很多人逃到山上躲避洪水。
The hospital is badly damaged and in a mess; it cannot be used at the moment.
医院遭到严重破坏，混乱不堪；现在无法使用了。
This is a new experience for me.
这对我来说是场新的经历。
Usually, I am working in areas that have dry climates, such as Kenya and Sudan.
我通常在气候干燥的地区工作，像肯尼亚和苏丹。
In Sudan, we set up centres to ensure that people got food and we checked the health of babies to make sure they were putting on weight.
在苏丹，我们建立了确保人们得到食物的中心，我们还检查婴儿的健康状况，确保他们在成长。
We also gave children shots to stop them dying from diseases.
为了防止孩子们死于疾病，我们也会给孩子种疫苗。
However, that campaign was conducted in villages where there was lots of fighting, far from the city.
然而，这场活动是在战火纷飞、远离城市的乡村开展的。
Running from one place to another became a way of life.
从一个地方跑到另一个地方成了一种生活方式。
The situation is very different here, as are the problems.
这儿的情形和以上提到的非常不同，所遇到的问题也不同。
Instead of sand blowing everywhere, there is mud and water everywhere,
这儿没有黄沙漫天，而是到处都布满了泥土和水，
making it difficult to travel from place to place.
这使得从一个地方到另一个地方成了难事。
Yesterday, my colleagues on the medical team and I (two doctors, one nurse-me-and two assistants) found a vacant health centre on the north side of the town.
昨天，医疗队的同事和我（两位医生、一位护士、我和两位助手）在城镇的北边发现了一个空置的康复中心。
We are going to set up a temporary clinic there.
我们打算在那儿建一个临时诊所。
Medical supplies are now on their way from abroad.
医疗补给现在正在从国外运来的路上。
We have started to clean the health centre.
我们已经开始打扫康复中心。
One of the health problems is that people who need to take medicines regularly cannot get hold of them in a disaster such as this.
其中一个健康方面的问题是：那些需要接受定期的药物治疗的人在这样的灾难中无法得到像这样的治疗。
Small injuries also need to be taken care of, especially as it is so muddy and damp.
轻伤需要照料，尤其是在这样泥泞潮湿的地方。
The majority of wounds are from walls and roofs that have fallen on people.
多数都是因为墙和屋顶的倒塌而受伤。
The water makes it difficult for the cuts and wounds to get better and easy for bacteria to spread.
水使伤口难以愈合，并容易导致细菌的蔓延。
Meanwhile, in the rest of the city, shelter and access to food and clean water are big problems.
同时，在城市其他地区，住所以及食物和干净水的供给都成了大问题。
The fields and harvest have been destroyed, and so a lack of food will be a problem in the future.
田地和收成被破坏，将来食物匮乏便成了问题。
