More from Team Himiti!

The Himiti team had a busy week of teaching and prepping for our village-wide testing day. We finally got to teach in our primary school, which included students and even their teachers. We thought it was important that the teachers knew about HIV/AIDS so that they can continue to educate their students after we leave. We also had the opportunity to teach in a variety of village social groups and even some random places where large groups of people were gathered and willing to listen to us. Thursday was spent entirely dedicated to prepping for our test day, the day in which any member of the village will have the opportunity to find out their HIV status through tests provided by SIC. We split up into three groups and headed to each of the sub-villages where we handed out flyers, put up posters and answered questions about the logistics of getting tested. A village-wide meeting was held on Friday, so we used this great opportunity to educate a very large audience and further publicize our testing day. The teachings this week went very smoothly and were full of curious listeners and well thought-out questions. Aside from teachings, the group had many other interesting experiences this week. Anna, a college-aged girl who has spent the past few weeks in the house with Navya, Emily and Omari, went off to boarding school in Babati this week, so we spent Sunday afternoon with her in town buying school supplies and enjoying farewell chips mayai, a Tanzanian delicacy that is essential...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news