About

Jaimashi, namaste friend, you are here!!! A warm welcome and a huge thank you for visiting my page. My name is Pramita, a registered nurse by profession, but lately, I have been travelling around the world, exploring new cultures, learning new languages and discovering more about myself. People say, “Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” I have always wanted to create a digital blog for myself, and it has been a New Years’ resolution (for decades) until now.

I have been blessed beyond measure to see the beautiful world that God has created. I finally decided to pack all my memories, experiences, knowledge, and ideas in this tiny little website (which I am still learning how to use). I love my life, family, friends, church, travels, and above all, I love Jesus- I don’t have to be perfect because I am perfectly loved by Jesus [I John 4:8]. The goal is not perfection; but instead, it is simply to be in an intimate relationship with Jesus each day. I want to embrace who I am, become all God created me to be.
My dad always quotes this old Chinese proverb, “Poor ink is better than the best memory.” I very much believe in this statement because I am so forgetful and keep losing things (pretty much everything, really). So I hope this blog will keep reminding me of God’s grace, help me discover more about God, discover more about myself, and encourage other readers like you.

Hôpital de l’Espérance

The Hospital Of Hope is a 30,000 square foot hospital that holds 65 in-patient beds. HOH offers a trauma centre,4 Resus (Réa), general medical, surgical, acute care unit, 4 operating theatres, post-operative unit, urgent care, ITU (basic), 3 isolation rooms, neonatal intensive care unit, paediatric wards, wound clinic, 11 triage unit and consultation rooms, a… Continue reading Hôpital de l’Espérance

Accepter l’appel

A few weeks ago, the entire country was in turmoil because the president (Faure Gnassingbé), son of the former president, is already serving his third term. My Togolese friends say that “the president can not run the office more than two terms under their constitution.” A small peaceful town such as Mango was the site… Continue reading Accepter l’appel

Life in Mango

After a long 9 hours of a journey from Lomé, I finally arrived in Mango (28th August, Monday). I travelled on my own by a local bus which made frequent stops. Different scenarios were playing on my head on the way to my new home. I arrived in Mango in the afternoon in my trouser… Continue reading Life in Mango

Exploring the North

I had a privilege to travel to the North of Togo last weekend with fellow volunteers from PDH. Jyoti had to leave for the UK on 3rd July, as she needs to go back to her ITU job (she should have quit just like me) next week, me and Iris have planned for a weekend away… Continue reading Exploring the North

Bienvenue à la PDH

So, Jyoti and I have been in Lomé for nearly three weeks now. We are doing well apart from getting food poisoning, heat exhaustion and the constant worrying of developing malaria, leishmaniasis (sandfly), trypanosomiasis (tsetse fly) and all those tropical diseases that we recently studied in LSHTM. Okay, let me paint the picture of how… Continue reading Bienvenue à la PDH

Ready TO GO Where?

Okay, let’s begin with how this trip came to be! As much as I love travelling, and would love to explore many ancient cities in the world, I had little geographical knowledge about Africa or Togo for that matter. Before 2016, before I met Miriam Petterson (my dearest Kiwi friend) and before I met Jyoti,… Continue reading Ready TO GO Where?

Earthquake

Driving through steep drop-offs down the winding, narrow, bumpy Himalayan roads and experiencing landslides and aftershocks along the way is not what anyone has in mind when they look forward to their annual leave. My a/l plan included neither waking up around 3 am on a chilly morning with heavy rain, thunder, and lightning. Yup,… Continue reading Earthquake