a few weeks ago, after a bumpy back-of-the-truck bus ride through lush, ocean-lined north efate, i was in the village of saama to help danielle with a leadership camp (camp g.l.o.w.--girls leading our world and b.i.l.d.--boys in leadership and development) she was putting on.
she's pretty amazing, that danielle. she was incredibly organized and her community was really, really excited about it.
we split into groups of girls and boys and had discussions about teamwork, leadership, trust...the standards of leadership camps anywhere (we even had a trust fall and human knots).
vania led an awesome adolescent reproductive health workshop...(can you see the background of this shot?? it is ocean for days and days)
and she found some MSG...delish.
we took a little walk to have a rus (roast) by the salt water...
danielle helped scale the fish with some girls from her village.
then we fried them up (and even snuck some soy sauce on 'em...absolutely heavenly).
it was a really beneficial camp. there are so many aspects of education that vanuatu is needing and this (safe sex, how bodies work, youth empowerment) dealt with some big ones. and, you know, it was a lot of fun, too.
Hi there! I'm a PCV one year knee deep in the Philippines. I just wanted to say that I'm one of those volunteers that didn't get enough of Peace Corps Journals when I was done with the application process. Still find peeking through these to be super rewarding and get me pumped and give me ideas all the time!
ReplyDeleteI've been creeping on yours for a little while now and I've gotta hand it to you, it looks like you're really doing some great work, and I have enjoyed your photos a lot!
Keep on living the good life!