Hi Everyone! I thought this time around, I'd make post with a collection of photos. Sorry it's been so long since last time I wrote, I've been working on finishing my Community Needs Assessment which turned into a 30 page report, phefff. I will try to explain the photos the best I can so that you all can see a bit more of my experience. The photos above were taken during my first trip to Kruger National Park. How it works at Kruger is that you take a car, or rent a safari truck with a guide like we did, and you drive around the designated roads. The animals are totally in their natural environment so you are just searching all day in hopes to spot some. We were pretty lucky, we saw nearly everything except a rhino. It was pretty crazy to see that these animals are living only about 20 miles from me. With the home based care group, we went around and held candle light services at the local high schools and primary schools (pictured here) to remember those that have passed from HIV. We also take the time to provide education to the students and staff on HIV basics.
My host mom and dad to the left after a wedding we attended together. And on the right is my brand new neighbor; Ntsakelo, meaning happiness. An activity that Peace Corps encourages us conduct in our community is called 'community mapping'. I did this here with a 12 grade class. First the class separated into males and females, and each group then drew a map of the community. After, we compared maps to see what difference we could find, and what they mean. For instance, only the males included soccer fields on their maps. After discussion it came to be the girls feel that they cannot play soccer here. Two of typical meals at my organization. Sometimes we eat bread, with avocados and tea. Other times we get pap and meat. The pap is the white stuff in the top, and there is always lots of meat (sometimes giraffe, chicken, cow or springbok). Explaining what a vegetarian is can be a challenge at times. The orange stuff is called chakalaka, which is the bean, carrot, soupy mixture to dip everything in. And then we have some coleslaw. And a final sunset photo from my community :)
-Josie
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