The Malaria Task Force is a new initiative within PC-Mozambique. It aims to improve malaria activities amongst PCVs by increasing malaria knowledge and access to information about grants and project ideas. I'm Malaria Task Force Regional Representative for the North! :) My role is to work with the MTF team to develop projects and activities for PCVs to carry out at site and in their secondary projects, inform PCVs about the resources available to them, follow-up on the monitoring and evaluation of projects, and meet via Google Docs every other month with the team to improve the Stomping Out Malaria in Africa program in Mozambique. So far we had 2 meetings to talk about Malaria Month Activities and PST for Moz 22.
Project Design and Management Workshop March 18-20:
At this training, my counterpart and I learned how to effectively design, implement and evaluate projects based on community needs using sustainable approaches. I love Peace Corps sponsored conferences!! I was stoked about hotel stays!! :) Shower with good pressure and running hot water, sleeping with AC on, big mirror, comfy bed and pillow, and 4 DELICIOUS meal a day! Also got to see half of Moz 20 :) It was held in Nampula [about 5 hours away from my site] so I was able to do a lot of shopping too. Things are much cheaper there.
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| Our project proposal |
13/03/14 Reflection meeting about HIV/AIDS with a polygamy topic and condoms distribution in Nanhomane, Ancuabe-sede
24/03/14 Health fair in Campine, Mesa
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| Family Planning |
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| HIV testing |
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| Nets distribution |
04/03/14- The girls finished sewing their tote bag to use for school
11/03/14- We talked about what is HIV/AIDS, ways HIV can and can't be transmitted, and how to prevent ourselves from getting HIV. Afterward, I showed them the trailer to the movie 'Inside Story- The Science of HIV/AIDS' that we're going to watch at the next meeting
15/03/14- The girls came over to my house to watch a movie. I couldn't download the Inside Story movie due to unknown network error that keeps happening and streaming version was only in English so we watched Yesterday instead. I was able to download it with Portuguese subtitle :) It's a film about a young mother who discovered she has AIDS.
26/03/14- We finished watching the rest of the film, had a discussion about it, and then made beads bracelet.
Hora das Crianças:
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| 28/02/14 Practiced writing letter 'C' and colored Pluto |
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| 11/03/14 Practiced writing letter 'D' and colored a cat pic |
-The kitties are growing bigger and bigger! They're growing up too fast :(
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| They all opened their eyes within 10-12 days |
-Forgot to mention in my last blog post but I have an unlimited internet modem stick now! I love it! It has been unreal.. definitely a luxury here! I found a program to turn it into a hotspot so I can use wifi on my ipad and iphone. I can facetime and talk friends and family as much as I want now andddd I'm all caught up on my tv shows now :)
-I found apples and oranges in my mercado for the first time since I've been here!! It was so exciting! The oranges are green on the outside but they're not too bad. They weren't that sweet but not too sour either. Better than nothing though :) 
-I traveled to Macomia [about 2 hours away] March 1-2 and Angoche [about 10 hours away] March 21-22 to visit the PCVs there and see their site. Macomia site is on top of the hill and Angoche site is by the beach.. both are so pretty!
-2 of my REDES girls invited me to their fashion show. It was an interesting and fun event.
-Life just got easier here!! My landlord installed a water spigot in my backyard yay!!! It's also been raining a LOT this last week of March though. 5 days in a row now and counting..
-2 of my REDES girls invited me to their fashion show. It was an interesting and fun event.
-Life just got easier here!! My landlord installed a water spigot in my backyard yay!!! It's also been raining a LOT this last week of March though. 5 days in a row now and counting..
