Chapter 117: The Somalia of Destiny

The UNICEF visit, in the end, was relaunched. Led by Goodwill Ambassador Audrey Hepburn, the team visited countries in Central and South America. Then, in September, they returned to the Somalia of destiny.

This East African nation was no longer the same as it had been when they fled over a year ago. Back then, although Somalia looked poor, it was merely poor. There weren't that many people carrying guns on the streets.

But in the current Somalia, even in the capital, one would encounter a sentry post every few intersections. Sometimes, across a single main street, the sentries on either side belonged to different armed factions.

Last time they came, with a squad of UN peacekeepers, they could charge through without a care.

This time, however, the UNICEF team brought a platoon of peacekeepers and still had to move with extreme caution.

Ms. Hepburn actually wanted to visit the child protection agency in the south that they had been to before—the one where they had encountered kidnappers and fled in a panic.

But according to local officials, that facility had been abandoned. No one knew when it happened. In any case, local militants had made a scene for a while, and the peacekeepers had come to hold drills and join the chaos.

And then, there was no "then" anymore...

Although the lady felt it was a pity, she did not grieve for too long. She had seen and experienced too many similar things in her life. Even though she felt reluctant and sad every time, she had to admit that she had gradually adapted to this feeling.

In order not to become numb, the lady chose to offer care and support in her own way, as if she wanted to burn her life out completely.

This was a baseless feeling Henry had, standing from the perspective of a bystander.

Especially that small frame—how it squeezed out such immense energy was particularly unbelievable. Even the men accompanying the team complained about the intensity of the itinerary, yet Audrey Hepburn never complained once.

Whenever she stood in front of the children, she could always interact intimately with these immature and malnourished kids. Sometimes she would hold them and hum nursery rhymes softly.

Perhaps no one could understand the lyrics, but music has no borders. Even those innocent children felt calm because of the beautiful melody.

She could always show a kind smile, bringing courage to those who saw it. Just like her performance on the big screen, even a frown or a smile seemed capable of healing the pain in others' souls.

But when she said goodbye to the children and returned to the car to leave, everything happened so suddenly. Audrey Hepburn collapsed.

Henry was the first to notice something was wrong, because the lady had obvious abnormalities in her heartbeat and other vital signs. Even though, in the eyes of others, she looked like she was just sitting normally in the back seat of the vehicle, closing her eyes to rest.

"Doctor, doctor!" Henry shouted.

The doctor accompanying the team ran over immediately. Henry pointed at the lady, who was showing a pained expression and sweating on her forehead, and said, "The boss's condition doesn't seem right."

The doctor performed a rough examination and then had Ms. Hepburn lie down in the back seat. He took a blanket, rolled it up, and placed it under her knees to keep them bent.

"Have you noticed any vomiting?"

"No."

"Cancel the subsequent itinerary and return to the hotel as soon as possible. We will perform a more thorough examination," the doctor instructed.

As the most important member of the team, with Ms. Hepburn collapsed, there was no need to continue the subsequent itinerary. So, after informing the UNICEF staff, everyone rushed to the hotel scheduled for the night, trying to get the lady checked in early.

Just as Henry was carrying the lady, preparing to return to the room, Audrey Hepburn, who had temporarily woken up, said weakly, "Child, just give me a painkiller. I'm fine."

Henry showed an ugly smile and said, "Boss, one pill isn't enough. I'll take out a whole bottle later and you can take them all at once. Your face is so pale from the pain that there's no blood left in it."

"Silly child, is that how medicine is taken?"

"Great, this proves at least you are still conscious and your reason is still normal. So let's have the doctor take a look; don't diagnose yourself."

Placing her on the clean bed, Henry was just about to let the doctor take over when he was unexpectedly grabbed by Ms. Hepburn. She said with difficulty, "The children in Africa, the visiting itinerary..."

Henry understood and immediately said, "I will go discuss with UNICEF what to do next and draft a few plans. Boss, you rest first and let the doctor take a look. When you feel better, I will come to report."

Ms. Hepburn nodded and let him go. Immediately, the team's doctor and the accompanying nurse took over, closed the door, and began to consult the lady who had regained consciousness.

At this time, a UN staff member came up and asked, "Henry, how is Ms. Hepburn's condition?"

"The doctor is inside diagnosing; I shouldn't speak randomly before the doctor," Henry said, forcing a smile.

"Then what should we do about the subsequent itinerary?" someone asked worriedly.

Clapping his hands to grab everyone's attention, Henry said, "Everyone, please listen to me. We will consider how to arrange the itinerary after tomorrow once the doctor's judgment comes out. But today's subsequent itinerary cannot be continued or postponed.

"Because the destinations for today's itinerary are all nearby, we will split into several teams to deliver the scheduled aid supplies directly to them and collect the signed receipts at the same time.

"Remember to tell them that the lady is unwell, so the on-site visit is canceled. But we must still send out what should be given. Doing this is actually executing Plan C of the backup plan. Does everyone have any questions?"

Since it was within the established backup plan and the situation indeed met the conditions for execution, and it was not a result of anyone acting on their own, of course, no one had any questions.

Everyone followed the task grouping in the backup plan, split into several teams, and escorted the supplies to the destinations they were supposed to visit today.

At the same time, someone made a phone call to the UN headquarters in New York to report the situation of the visiting team. Others contacted the subsequent movements for distributing supplies.

After all, the quantity of supplies was huge, and each visit did not just go to one or two places, so it was impossible for everything to follow the team and be sent out along the way like a god of wealth.

Instead, according to the scheduled visit locations, several positions similar to collection stations would be set up. When the visit reached a certain stage, they would go to a certain collection station to receive all the supplies and then send them along the way.

Doing this could greatly reduce the transport burden of the team, and the allocation of supplies would also be much more flexible.

However, when the protagonist collapses, how to arrange the subsequent events depends on the condition of that Goodwill Ambassador. Before that, everyone in the team must keep all elements under control to make any ad-hoc adjustments.