I'm climbing Kilimanjaro next week.. Whoa.

The last few weeks have gone by so fast. I've been here almost a month!

Teaching has been incredible. Sometimes I feel like I'm learning more than the people I teach (though that probably doesn't say much for my teaching). Each week has been a new experience. The first week was a group of mid-aged women, the second, younger girls, and now highschool boys and girls. It's incredible how little is understood about HIV, the human body, and essential things here.

When dealing with younger groups, the course is often more of a "sex ed" class, whereas with older folks who have already done the whole puberty thing we focus more on HIV and nutrition. Both are interesting in their own way. This week, we're teaching a highschool class so they can start a "health club" at their school, and teach everyone else.
I've discovered that I'm not a great public speaker (okay, I sort of already knew that). I've been very grateful to Tom who is the guy I usually work with. He's much more... vibrant in front of audiences. I'm sure that over time, this will help me to be better in front of people, though.

Today is World AIDS day. I'm not sure if that's an international thing, or if they just call it "World". It's being hosted in here in Arusha. I'm going to be handing out free water bottles, I believe. If we get any (a company said they would donate 2000). And when there's free stuff in Tanzania, one generally deals with a mob, I've been told. Could be interesting.

The GSC office is closed for a while, so I will be going to Zanzibar from around the 19th of December to the 5th of January. I'm going to help build a stage for a benefit concert, and then I get to watch the concert for free. :)
When I come back to Arusha, I'll be starting the agriculture part of the program!

If you haven't already found them, I have pictures at:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Brendan.Clower/Africa