Mambo from the Sakila crew!

This week we finally started teaching in schools, which has been absolutely incredible. We finally feel like we’re doing what we set out to do. In Sakila, we have two primary schools and two secondary schools, and each teaching has been accompanied by unique challenges. We’ll cover a few of the most interesting occurrences here. Our first teaching was Wednesday (July 9th) afternoon at Sakila Secondary School. When we talked to the headmaster, we were told there would be between 50 and 70 students in each Form (grade), but when we showed up, many students had yet to pay their school fees and we ended up teaching classes of 15. This meant we taught our most important lesson to less than half of the student body, which was disappointing. Regardless, this worked as a good trial run to work the kinks out of our lesson plans. Teaching at the primary school is really fun because the smaller kids are adorable and enthusiastic. However, Class (grade) 4 students, the youngest kids we teach at about age 10, present a unique challenge when trying to teaching about the 5 fluids that carry HIV. We’ve been stuck explaining semen to groups of 50 plus children who don’t speak English, which is quite an adventure. These kids also tend to be shy; afraid to speak up in class until Casey bribes them with Slinkys and light-up pens. But, the primary school students should the loudest “Tuko Pamoja Kuushinda Ukimwi” (SIC’s motto: Together we fight HIV/AIDS), even out of school when they...
Source: Support for International Change : HIV AIDS - Category: Global & Universal Authors: Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news