On Friday we held our second Mulheres Mil meeting to figure
out where we stand with the new community. Only 31 women had applied so it was
decided that the deadline to accept more applications would be pushed back to
September 16th. During this meeting, it was determined that Amber
and I will be teaching the English course for Mulheres Mil. I, along with
another Professor, will be teaching the DST/AIDS class. My involvement is
mainly based off of my volunteer experience with the National AIDS Commission
of Malawi. One that note, here are a few pictures, taken in 2008, of the Blantyre
District Youth Festival.
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| The welcome sign... |
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| There were various tables set up to provide information on HIV/AIDS prevention. |
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| Local herbs used to prevent STIs. |
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| Various youth associations from the community were present during the festival. |
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| They performed plays to depict various scenarios to educate people about HIV/AIDS. |
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| These schoolgirls danced and sang, very creatively. |
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| These guys had a very entertaining yet informative performance, kept the crowd laughing. |
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| These warriors danced, jumped, and sang. MANJA MANJA MANJA! (Chichewa word for "hands", in this sense it means to applause) |
Although the strike has been going on for a month now, we're hoping to start classes the first week of October.
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