National Women and Girl's HIV/AIDS Awareness Health Fairs

This week has been the week of health fairs--and it has been CRAZY.

Most of them went pretty well, they were just busy. Today we had the first health fair in a middle school, with classes coming in for 15 minutes, 2 classes at a time, and playing games/answering HIV/AIDS questions (really basic stuff, but important). Though the woman organizing it was way late, which totally stressed me out, it ended up being fine, and I even got VISTAs to help out (other people in my big program), which was nice. i think the kids learned a lot, especially this fair today. A lot of the high schoolers were at least more familiar with HIV/AIDS. But it's always nice to feel like I'm actually making a difference.

I also got to meet with the School Leadership Team, the group of teachers & parents who make the curriculum for the elementary school we work in. I also seriously adore the principal there--he is really hilarious. I'm looking forward to doing the puberty curriculum there that we were discussing, even though it's sort of a sensitive subject at a sensitive age. Still, I'm excited. Maybe not as much as middle school...but that's just gonna be hilarious.

I also got to meet the new girl I'll be working with at my actual site. Her name is Molly, and she's from Texas...she seems very interesting. I feel like that's about all I can say about her now. I think I like her, and I hope we'll be able to work well together. But I'm not 100% sure that's true.

Anyway, I'm exhausted, and Ali's coming tomorrow. I'm sure this weekend will not be very chilled out. On the other hand, I've discovered (and finally begun to appreciate) this awesome website. Check it out. What I've discovered it the beauty of "uploading," or matching, all of your songs. Sweetness!

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