Gedamara-A

When we arrived in Gedamar A, we got to know our host family and then spent the rest of the afternoon walking around the village. The town is very small, so it didn’t take long for word to get out that the wazungu had arrived. All of the school children rushed out of the classroom to greet us and give us ‘tano’s and we arranged to teach at the primary school the following day. We also met with the village chairman, who who welcomed us and invited us to speak at the next village meeting. The next day, we taught about ‘fluids and doors’ and ABK’s to forms 6 and 7 and it was fun and rewarding to see the kids absorbing the information. After we did the condom demonstration, we had a boy and a girl come up and try it themselves, and we rewarded them with chocolate. While Gabriel taught the boys about male puberty, Amanda and Rosalie went outside to play with the girls. They enjoyed watching them jump rope using several vines tied together. The following day we went to teach at another primary school all the way in Manyara. The path from Gedamar to Manyara twisted among the sunflower and cornfields surrounding the village, and we saw 40 acres that belong to our Baba (father). The walk took 3 hours and 3 hours to return, but it was worth it. Because Manyara is even more remote than Gedamar A, the kids seemed to have even less knowledge about HIV, so it was all the more important that we made the journey to teach them. In addition to teaching, we...
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