The most difficult time during a typical day falls between noon and 2 p.m., when the sun and the heat become unbearable, making it hard to do my home visits. But one of the most difficult parts of my job as a health worker involves a much bigger problem. It has been a challenge to make the mothers in my community aware of the advantages that local health workers provide over the alternatives offered by traditional medicine sellers. The other day, I counseled a young mother whose six-month-old baby girl was suffering from a respiratory infection. Ordinarily, the mother would have visited a traditional healer, but since a health worker is now available in the village and within close proximity to her home, the woman is willing to trust her daughter’s care to me. It is a difficult process, trying to change the attitudes and behaviors that people have held for such a long time. But through my home visits, educational conversations, and the availability of our village pharmacy, I feel like I am making real progress in promoting changes concerning the way mothers care for their children in our village. The wonderful feeling I get from helping my community can’t be measured.