APRIL 24th BLOGG
Today monday the 24th i have started the week on a high note this is because we had visitors coming in from an NGO called( CREATING IDEAS) Thier offices are based in Tanzania and they aim at creating aweraness for the youth from the ages of 13-18 about Drugs and substances and other youth related issues like self-esteem.
They came with the intension to borrow materials and also get views on what topics that we think would best suite the book in terms of the experience and the exposure that we have from the field when we have been carrying out the club sessions in schools especially in kenya i was in the meeting on behave of the three. The meeting was quit interesting because we had an opportunity to exchange ideas and some of the things that they have had about Alcohol problems that they did not know if their were true they were confirming them with us.
The meeting was productive, we exchanged ideas about diffrent key areas that the comic book should cover in regard to Drugs which were information about all types of drugs, how they affect the body, and if affected were to go for help.and last but not least LIFE SKILLS.
It has been a good start for the week....
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
SUNDAY SERVICES
hi
there, it is on a sunday and like every sunday i always go to church. lucky for me my church or the one i have found is very close to home it starts at 8.30 and ends at 9.30 am liking it the way i always get extra time on Sundays to go to places like the beach just to relax and enjoy the sun.
So today lynda anna and i went to (kipepeo beach) after the mass kipepeo is a swahili word that means butterfly. The beach has many tourist coming because the ocean has claen water and the security around is also safe. i had a graet time though lynda one of the girl got a scratch from a jelly fish while swimming that left her with a mark on her left hand that looks like a tatoo. she is in someway liking it she says it looks cool on her arm.
it has been a wonderful weekend on sarturday lynda and i were reading a magazine called the truth about life, love,and sex. and we shared alot about the diffrent laws that are thier in Kenya and also sweeden about issues like Abortion and she says that it is legal for a woman or girl to have an abortion as long as her reasons for having it are valid. ie (it was an accident she had too much to drink and she messed.) While in Kenya it is not regal if your found the doctor and the woman aborting are caught then they are taken to jail for child murder.
Anyway this is a picture of me on the beach.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
My Stay in DAR ES SALAAM
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Its been two months now alot has happend during this time in the month of March we began going for school sessions at a school called EASCS,in the same month we have had an invitation to the scout Leaders meeting to facilitate bout H.I.V in relation to Drugs.
Am loving it working with Anna Linda and Moses though I must admit it has not been a bed of rose for us to get were we are now, in the beginning theirs was a lot of miscommunication I could not understand what sometimes Linda or Anna meant because of the Swedish interference and also our English me and Moses differed in meaning but with patience and supporting each other now we are able to understand each other. To a point were I have actually learnt some few Swedish words as “oro” which has the same meaning in my tribe (kikuyu) meaning having a bad feeling in the stomach. “Fika”, “Segt”, “hej”, “Hej då” and many more am yet to learn. Moses is a dancer who dances to cultural music and loves to spend his weekends at different cultural centers. While for Anna Linda and I love to go to the beach and enjoy to feel the cool sand in between our toes and just lay back for some sun during the weekends.
Tanzania In general is a good country that has friendly people, they are people who love visitors and take their time in knowing them explains the long chain of questions they have when they meet a new visitor. Their staple food in the coastal area is rice and beans. they have 120 sub tribes who most of them are Muslims. They have a certain norm of addressing of elders with respect while greeting them which is to bow a bit. All this things that I have learnt are cultures that differ from what we have back at home.
The I.O.G.T stuff has been more than supportive in all ways. Especially with questions about Tanzania, they are also very friendly the office atmosphere is comfortable and they are always willing to help us and involve us in their activities i.e. the scouts training that we attended last month that was very informative.
That will be all for now, next week Anna and I will be preparing for Arusha to work with Women and children in an Organization called WOCHIVI. While Linda and Moses remain to follow up on EASCS.
Its been two months now alot has happend during this time in the month of March we began going for school sessions at a school called EASCS,in the same month we have had an invitation to the scout Leaders meeting to facilitate bout H.I.V in relation to Drugs.
Am loving it working with Anna Linda and Moses though I must admit it has not been a bed of rose for us to get were we are now, in the beginning theirs was a lot of miscommunication I could not understand what sometimes Linda or Anna meant because of the Swedish interference and also our English me and Moses differed in meaning but with patience and supporting each other now we are able to understand each other. To a point were I have actually learnt some few Swedish words as “oro” which has the same meaning in my tribe (kikuyu) meaning having a bad feeling in the stomach. “Fika”, “Segt”, “hej”, “Hej då” and many more am yet to learn. Moses is a dancer who dances to cultural music and loves to spend his weekends at different cultural centers. While for Anna Linda and I love to go to the beach and enjoy to feel the cool sand in between our toes and just lay back for some sun during the weekends.
Tanzania In general is a good country that has friendly people, they are people who love visitors and take their time in knowing them explains the long chain of questions they have when they meet a new visitor. Their staple food in the coastal area is rice and beans. they have 120 sub tribes who most of them are Muslims. They have a certain norm of addressing of elders with respect while greeting them which is to bow a bit. All this things that I have learnt are cultures that differ from what we have back at home.
The I.O.G.T stuff has been more than supportive in all ways. Especially with questions about Tanzania, they are also very friendly the office atmosphere is comfortable and they are always willing to help us and involve us in their activities i.e. the scouts training that we attended last month that was very informative.
That will be all for now, next week Anna and I will be preparing for Arusha to work with Women and children in an Organization called WOCHIVI. While Linda and Moses remain to follow up on EASCS.
in this picture you can see how fat i become in a week because of eating chips maayai.
Hej då
trizah
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