Hello!
So, this will be my last post from the UK before I leave, because we depart on FRIDAY. Four days. I am immensely excited, but the stress of packing is creeping in: how many skirts is too many? Will I really need all those rehydration sachets (hopefully not)?
We now know that our specific topic of our placement is reproductive health education! We'll be placed with a local NGO, SAWAKA (more information here), and will be working in threes to educate community members about sexual health. Each of us UK volunteers will be paired with a Tanzanian ICS counterpart volunteer and, with a community volunteer, will train 10 community members in reproductive health education. The end result will, therefore, be 100 community members with an increased awareness of sexual reproductive health. I can't wait!
So, we fly from Heathrow at 17.05 on Friday, arriving in Mwanza at 11.40 am on Saturday morning. This is slightly daunting, as I've never been on a flight longer than four hours. We change three times: in Amsterdam, Nairobi and Kilimanjaro, the latter stop being the most exciting. We'll be landing in Kilimanjaro early on Saturday morning, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a cheesy sunrise above the mountain that rises like Olympus above the Serengeti.
That's enough stereotypes for one sitting.
Next time I check in I'll be there! I will know what I am doing, what the showers are like, what the food tastes like; how formal my work clothes have to be.
See you around!
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