i'm so happy to say that the hell that was october is over, and i am happily swimming through november.
work is great. the past few weeks have been quite an adjustment as i've gone from working 4 hours per week, to working about 20 hours per week. things are really moving and i'm hopeful that good things will be happening.
so, in a nutshell. soccer! the girls team is actually entering the official boys club! this is pretty huge people. there is lots of paper work, and i have personally visited lots of parents in order to convince them that it is good that their girls are playing soccer. i have also started working with the leaders of the club to get money. we are going to write letters and prepare a budget to take with us as we visit community leaders and ask them to contribute. this should be happening in the next few weeks. if successful, the girls and boys teams will soon be playing with new jerseys, balls and all of that good stuff.
women's cafe. the women here dont really have a place to hang out and have a good time. so now every saturday night they bring cookies and drinks to the youth center. like our own little nightclub! we dance, we talk, we have a great time. i'm hoping to start bringing people to speak to the women about health and other important issues.
theater club. started out with a bang! 25 students came and by the end of day one had chosen to do a play on 'adolescence'. unfortunatly my counterpart had to leave for a week and we have now had to cancel 2 weeks of this club. we are to start again this friday and i just hope that interest has not been lost, and we can still accomplish something in the next month.
english class and youth club. both going well, i have lots of students and the youth center is pretty full most nights during the week, which is great. unfortunatly i really dont like teaching english. after christmas i might just stop!
this past weekend i left my town for the first time in 2 months. i had to go to the big city to get my yearly flu shot. everyone in my region had to go, so it was cool to meet a lot of people who i'd never met before.
And we went out! a lot of the hotels there have clubs. and these clubs are like 80's discoteches. pretty sweet. we drank, we danced. it was a blast.
then the next day i traveled to a little beach town that i'd been wanting to visit for a long time. unfortunatly the weather wasnt great and i didnt have much time there, but it was beautiful! the pictures you see with this post are from a few of the beaches there. it was at dusk and really foggy. needless to say the pictures didnt turn out that well. i brightened them on the computer, but they still are pretty bad. i guess that means i'll have to go back for some better ones!
ok, i guess thats all for now. i hope you guys like the new site. feel free to send any suggestions, comments, questions, etc.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
work is great. the past few weeks have been quite an adjustment as i've gone from working 4 hours per week, to working about 20 hours per week. things are really moving and i'm hopeful that good things will be happening.
so, in a nutshell. soccer! the girls team is actually entering the official boys club! this is pretty huge people. there is lots of paper work, and i have personally visited lots of parents in order to convince them that it is good that their girls are playing soccer. i have also started working with the leaders of the club to get money. we are going to write letters and prepare a budget to take with us as we visit community leaders and ask them to contribute. this should be happening in the next few weeks. if successful, the girls and boys teams will soon be playing with new jerseys, balls and all of that good stuff.
women's cafe. the women here dont really have a place to hang out and have a good time. so now every saturday night they bring cookies and drinks to the youth center. like our own little nightclub! we dance, we talk, we have a great time. i'm hoping to start bringing people to speak to the women about health and other important issues.
theater club. started out with a bang! 25 students came and by the end of day one had chosen to do a play on 'adolescence'. unfortunatly my counterpart had to leave for a week and we have now had to cancel 2 weeks of this club. we are to start again this friday and i just hope that interest has not been lost, and we can still accomplish something in the next month.
english class and youth club. both going well, i have lots of students and the youth center is pretty full most nights during the week, which is great. unfortunatly i really dont like teaching english. after christmas i might just stop!
this past weekend i left my town for the first time in 2 months. i had to go to the big city to get my yearly flu shot. everyone in my region had to go, so it was cool to meet a lot of people who i'd never met before.
And we went out! a lot of the hotels there have clubs. and these clubs are like 80's discoteches. pretty sweet. we drank, we danced. it was a blast.
then the next day i traveled to a little beach town that i'd been wanting to visit for a long time. unfortunatly the weather wasnt great and i didnt have much time there, but it was beautiful! the pictures you see with this post are from a few of the beaches there. it was at dusk and really foggy. needless to say the pictures didnt turn out that well. i brightened them on the computer, but they still are pretty bad. i guess that means i'll have to go back for some better ones!
ok, i guess thats all for now. i hope you guys like the new site. feel free to send any suggestions, comments, questions, etc.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!
1 comment:
I love the new site! I love all the stuff you're doing with enpowering women. It sounds like you're doing really important work. Again--I miss you!
David
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