Let's talk about sex and our bodies!

Hey there lovely peoples. Its been awhile, i know. You could try suing me in the Gambian court system but that might take you 6 or 7 years so accept me for who i am (which is a slacker to the Nth degree). I haven't had much to write about mainly because everything is so normal to me now that it doesn't feel worth writing about. Sure i could talk about getting toubabed all the day but that's a daily occurrence and i've written about that a few times already.

So i figured i might as well talk about the work i do because i haven't done too much of that. One of my main projects is working with a group of young women at a local hair salon doing a life skills class. Basically, life skills is a class that Peace Corps promotes to teach young people communication and relationship skills, role models, goal setting, confidence building, etc. all in the name of HIV prevention. Its pretty fun and once a week i get to teach two classes of girls about this stuff through skits, role plays, team building exercises, and so on.

Recently, I did a class about HIV prevention and we played lots of games to explain how it is transmitted and some myths and facts about the virus.

We also learn about how to use persuasion  skills when someone is pressuring you.

And most recently we were learning about our bodies! Here some of my ladies are doing a model of the female anatomy, most specifically, the fallopian tubes.

So this is just a little slice of the things i do here. Its my favorite part of the week and one i will continue to do until the end of my service.