Hola!!
oops... wrong language. MAMBO!
So poor Devvy got sick yesterday and we decided it was best for him to rest at home this weekend and not risk getting worse in Zanzibar.
So this weekend? Jenn plans to do a lot of sleeping in, not really my style but I'm good to just do nothing. Except we're going to try and go to the Masaii market on Sunday - if we can find someone to take us there. I guess it's pretty cool, Larissa (an intern here with YCI), and Lonny (a previous volunteer) went and said it's a lot of fun. Biggest part of their trip to the Masaii market? You can drink cow's blood... we'll see if that happens or not!
Other than that there isn't too much going on over here. Just working! For the health lesson yesterday at the SSS the boys session went pretty well. They asked a lot of questions and were really interested in puberty and safe sex. Bonus! The girls session didn't go as well. First off we had a male translator, which is kind of inappropriate for a lesson on puberty for girls - but we got through that because Magunda did a really good job! We were relying primarily on discussion of the information, and although there was some there wasn't a whole lot. That's okay - the information was given, some really good questions were asked, and we finished a little early. Yay play time!
Today Jenn and Anthony are at the SSS for Life Skills. Dev and Anthony are going to a drama club talent show presentation at a secondary school while Jenn and I are heading to girl's club. The topic today for Girl's Club? - Legal Right and Inheritance. We are bringing in a guest speaker for these particular subjects because although we may know some of that stuff in Canada, we are certainly no experts - especially not in Tanzania. The Girls are really excited about these topics and Jenn and I are hoping it goes really well - we'll report back!
So this weekend? Jenn plans to do a lot of sleeping in, not really my style but I'm good to just do nothing. Except we're going to try and go to the Masaii market on Sunday - if we can find someone to take us there. I guess it's pretty cool, Larissa (an intern here with YCI), and Lonny (a previous volunteer) went and said it's a lot of fun. Biggest part of their trip to the Masaii market? You can drink cow's blood... we'll see if that happens or not!
Other than that there isn't too much going on over here. Just working! For the health lesson yesterday at the SSS the boys session went pretty well. They asked a lot of questions and were really interested in puberty and safe sex. Bonus! The girls session didn't go as well. First off we had a male translator, which is kind of inappropriate for a lesson on puberty for girls - but we got through that because Magunda did a really good job! We were relying primarily on discussion of the information, and although there was some there wasn't a whole lot. That's okay - the information was given, some really good questions were asked, and we finished a little early. Yay play time!
Today Jenn and Anthony are at the SSS for Life Skills. Dev and Anthony are going to a drama club talent show presentation at a secondary school while Jenn and I are heading to girl's club. The topic today for Girl's Club? - Legal Right and Inheritance. We are bringing in a guest speaker for these particular subjects because although we may know some of that stuff in Canada, we are certainly no experts - especially not in Tanzania. The Girls are really excited about these topics and Jenn and I are hoping it goes really well - we'll report back!
Jenn and I had HBC English class last night. You wouldn't think that teaching English, a language you have been speaking your whole life, would be so hard. But starting from the basics, from stuff you just know and don't have to know, can be difficult. This week it was Nouns and Adjectives - next week Verbs and Adverbs. We'll work off that! They are such good students! Taking notes and answering questions, and trying hard to speak English. Sometimes it's difficult because we're teaching English, but we have translators translating the English to Swahili... but we're getting there and the students are really picking up on it!
That's it for now folks!
J
(ps, I have now been here for a month. It's HALF OVER! I'll be home in a month... crazy!)
hi... loved reading you blog abour morogoro, i am originally from there now in london! btw its Jambo and not Mambo! :)
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