Work Update

Hello! Just a quick update about work, since I feel like I don't write about work very much (I swear I'm doing real work and not just watching drunk horse races and fawning over cute piglets!) Last week we had a small training event at the Peace Corps office, and to prepare for it we had to make a detailed summary of the work we'd done during our first three months in site, and I realized I have done: 48 "charlas"/lessons on topics of decision-making, sex ed, goal-setting, good communication, HIV/AIDS, and leadership (either by myself or with Guatemalan teachers, most lessons repeated more than once for different class sections), one 3-hour teacher training, one 1/2 hour parent workshop on good communication, 1/2 of a "life book" project (the volunteer before me did the first half, the project concentrates on getting students to learn about their and their family's past as well as looking into career/educational options for their future), and I've had 3 reading group meetings so far (will have two more today) and one English class, which will be continuing weekly. Yay! This is considering all the school cancellations we had due to independence day (two weeks!), landslides, surprise early end-of-the-school-year, etc. I have some ideas for things to do over the school break, which will last until mid-January, but I also have some travel plans so we'll see what I can fit into my schedule. Feels good to be getting "real work" done, though - I'm definitely not in Niger anymore! (But I still love you, Niger!)

Giving an HIV/AIDS workshop during training - these workshops are a special "side project" and last from 2-4 hours