Friday 16th February Part 2

The Inauguration began at around 5:30, and was attended by the Vice President, and representatives of all the Health for Peace countries, as well as some ambassadors (eg the American ambassador but not the British High Commissioner). There were many speeches, including from Simon Bush, (West Africa Regional Director) from me and from the foundation, then the Vice President and the foundation jointly cut the ribbon and declared the centre open. Everyone trooped through the various buildings, and I was very pleased to see that all the final touches were in place. It looked absolutely stupendous, everyone was very impressed.

After some African dancing (which I was bullied to take part in!), the foundation retired, and we went on to a Gala Dinner – which started at 11pm.