Photo Hungry Children

When I first showed up in Omukandu people wouldn't leave me alone. When 15 people from some place else come to the village its mayhem.

This is one of the wonderful murals that the students from Chipping Norton did at our school. This particular map was the brain child of one learner Josh. Everyone pitched in a bit, but he did a stellar job.

The Outside Game

We wanted to get the kids outside to run around a bit. So, I found a wonderful game in a book dealing with HIV and running around. The book misplaced itself and I couldn't remember the name of the game, so from there it was branded the 'Outside Game'. A quasi-success. The tree that we are standing under, little known to me, was a toilet for people. I thought I smelled something funny.

AIDs/HIV Day

A teacherly moment I think. Among others, my primary responsibility was to organize AIDS/HIV Day. It was a success, I think, and the learners did a lot of cool stuff and learned something. The most intriguing part of the day was when we had the learners ask basically any questions about their bodies, puberty, and HIV. SO, I stood up in front of 20, 14 and 15 year old girls and they got to ask away. It was actually one of the most educational activities because the kids are told so many outright lies about growing up and sex. We also had a woman with her son that were both HIV positive to come in and give a talk to the learners. She was incredible and the kids really liked her.

Play Doh

Play Doh is expensive. So we decided to make it ourselves. I was put up to the task, and it came out well if I do say so myself. We used to for the blindfolded clay excercise. We put a blindfold on the learners and had them mold their body out of the clay. It lead into a good discussion. Hilarious at the same time.

Sleeping Under the Stars

They didn't complain at all. We lost track of our count and one point in time and had to think about how many pieces of corn we had bought them earlier. It's a good thing no one took more than 1 piece, or we would have left someone in Otavi.

Camp Glow

Camp Glow was the camp that Peace Corps volunteers and Namibian facilitators organized for 80 learners from all around the country. We tried to emphasize leaderships skills, gender welfare and protecting yourself from HIV. It was a blast, as well as a rabging sucess and the following are some of the funnest parts.

This particular photo was whe nwe were stranded for 6 and half hours outside a gas station in Otavi. There was a mix up with the bus and we had 25 learners and a facilitator. Eventually, as it tneds to do, it got late and the learners had their sleeping things, and we proceeded to camp out, just outside the parking lot. Good times.