Posts

Showing posts from December, 2014

It's been real 2014

Image
Happy 6 months Peace Corps Rwanda! (And exactly 2 years since college graduation, yikes!)  These past few weeks at site have been a lot calmer from day to day after getting back from training and BE camp, especially since I'm done with my CNA research. I still spend my mornings helping out in the nutrition center and my afternoons planning projects, meeting with leaders, walking around my community, drinking tea, watching TV shows, or attempting (and mostly failing) to do various 30 day workout challenges. At the end of November and right before Worlds AIDS Day my health center had its annual HIV/AIDS afternoon to bring together HIV/AIDS positive and negative children, and the children of health center staff. Two teachers from a nearby sector, 2 nurses, and I taught about HIV/AIDS using lessons, games, stories, and a video. The kids were given fanta and bread, and then tshirts at the end of the lesson in addition to prizes for answering questions correctly. This program was a great