Here is what I did in June:
Dia da Criança:
6/1/15 For Children's day, we baked cookies the day before for a little celebration. I went with Belinha and Angela to Ntele after work but most of the festivities were already over. We did watch a theater group for a bit but there were so many people so it was hard to see.
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| Heading to Ntele, this is the view going away from Ancuabe-sede |
REDES:
6/2/15 Our topic was income generation: we talked about what it is, what we have to think about and what steps we have to do when doing an income generation project. Our fun activity was making a pen grip out of rubber bands.
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| morning group |
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| afternoon group |
6/10/15 Our topic was menstrual cycle: we talked about what it is and what happens in each phrases of the menstrual cycle. Our fun activity was making a period tracker bracelet! It probably won't be too helpful since their cycle might not be 28 days or regular, but it was a fun activity to do to teach them about the phrases. For the afternoon group, I invited Dr. Laura to come to do the health topic and answer any health questions they had.
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| morning group |
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| afternoon group |
6/16/15 Our topic was water treatment: we talked about the available ways here to treat water to use for drinking or cooking so that we won't get sick from consuming contaminated water. Our fun activity was sewing a wristlet!
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| morning group |
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| afternoon group |
6/23/15 Our topic was hygiene is prevention: we talked about what good hygiene is and how it prevents diarrhea and cholera. We also talked about oral re-hydration salt and how to make them if the ORS packet isn't available. Our fun activity was playing a sculpture game with play doh!
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| morning group |
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| afternoon group |
6/30/15 I created accounts for the girls and taught them how to use email and the internet. I hope one day when they have access to internet that they'll still remember how to use email to email me! Our fun activity was making bracelets! The girls made bracelets while they waited for their turn on the computer. For the afternoon group, Adji came to help out with the email :)
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| morning group |
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| afternoon group |
Photo booth fun:
I had so much fun creating DIY backdrop and photo booth props!!
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| 6/3/15 Host family |
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| 6/4/15 Host family kids |
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| 6/18/15 Adji's birthday celebration |
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| 6/21/15 REDES girls |
Norte Forte Beer Olympics:
6/5-6/15 I went to the Island of Mozambique for our 2nd annual Norte Forte Beer Olympics. We didn't win this year but we were close!
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| Team Cabo Delgado! |
Work:
6/8/15 We had a sexual reproductive health discussion with 27 students and 4 teachers. We showed a short film called Second Chance about a young girl from a poor community leaves home to go to a university. She is bright and is the first girl from her village to make it to the university. She started making bad decisions to fit in, be admired and gets involved with an older man who has money and resources even though she is in love with a young man she met at the university. She ended up losing the guy she loved and possibly testing positive for HIV. Then we had a discussion afterward about sexual reproductive health as well as family planning, alcohol, drugs, and tobacco.
6/13/15 We had a training and orientation for the Metoro Co-Management Committee in Metoro.
Arielle's Sex Education:
6/9/15 Arielle came to my site to do an amazing sex education lesson with 36 students and 1 professor! She talked about puberty, reproductive systems, STDs and HIV, masturbation and the importance of having good communication with your partners.
Hora das Crianças:
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| 6/11/15 Practice writing letter V and color Mickey Donald and Goofy to get a sticker |
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| 6/15/15 Color Tinkerbell to get a sticker |
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| 6/22/15 Color Mickey and Minnie Mouse and get a sticker |
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| 6/24/15 Color Hello Kitty to get a sticker |
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| 6/29/15 Color turtle to get a sticker |
6/13/15 I met Adji who is going to replace me here in Ancuabe! She is here for 3 weeks as part of the phrase 2 of the new training module. I was so excited to finally have a (temporary) site mate!! It's been awesome having her around!
6/18/15 Adji's bithday celebration!
Macomia:
6/20/15 I went to Macomia to hang out with the PCVs there and got to visit my old supervisor and his family as well! I haven't seen him since Jan or Feb of 2014. His baby girl has grown so much since I last saw her as a baby!
Dia da Independência:
6/25/15 We went to the praca to watch the flower ceremony and some of the dancing and singing performances.
27th Birthday:
6/28/15 I had lots of fun celebrating my 3rd and last birthday here in Mozambique with neighbors, coworkers and REDES girls!
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| Spent all day cooking! |
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| With my REDES girls |
Other updates:
-My landlord remodel my house! The kitchen got moved to the guestroom.. which is now half the size it used to be. There's also a door to where the kitchen used to be that leads outside.
-Zambie is getting big!! I wonder if she'll have her 4th litter before I leave or not..
