I went up north to a village called Mwareere to work with my friends Lizzie (who lives there), Christine, Amanda and Mandy for Girls Empowerment Day at Mwareere Secondary School. It went really well. I talked to the girls about goal setting and had them write a letter to themselves that Lizzie would return to them after a year. The other sessions were bead making as an income generating activity, information and prevention of HIV, self defense and self esteem. I think the girls were really excited to see so many foreigners gathered in one place~ they really enjoyed all the activities and we hope to come back next year for a re-fresher course.
I also went to visit my homestay family in wakiso. I was able to play with my little sisters and brothers for a few hours. It was loads of fun and it felt like home. We played cards, i helped pick up leaves in the yard, we watched a circus show on tv, we had tea and of course, before i left, they fed me lunch. Then i traveled back south to Kisubi and played music and colored and talked with the P5 and P6 girls at St. Theresa. It was such a happy day of laughing and talking with little ones. It felt good.
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girl empowerment day!
ReplyDeletewas this a special day
only to the Secondary School?
calling in the reinforcements~
i like the letter writing,
remember javier's time capsule...
he buried it somewhere in my
vegetable garden...
when he decided he wanted to dig it up,
..."i'm pretty sure it was here"
as the shovel went in.
my garden looked like a mine field. ugh
yet enjoyable ;O
it is a very nice to think
we might find it one day!
bead making!
did you all actually make the beads?
and the jewelry?
i want to take that class :)
how many girls attended?
it must have an inspiring,
and lifting day for all of them!
~including you all.
good to hear you managed to fit in
a visit to your homestay family!
did sarah ask if you knew
how to do laudnry yet? huhu(hehe)(haha)
alright, hasta luego!
con carino, be good
thinking of you,
ReplyDeletegrateful for you,
loving you~
kwagala tanto
MORE FUN!
ReplyDeletei promised a recipe for
vegetable stock-
2 onions- cut in large pieces
1 whole garlic-each clove peeled
3 stalks of celery-cut in large pieces,
take off the larger outer leaves
3 carrots- cut in large pieces
2 potatoes-cut in small pieces
put all the vegetables in about 6 cups water
set a high flame to start water boiling.
once it has come to a boil, lower flame
allow to simmer.
at this time you could add
rosemary
thyme
bay leaf
whole peppercorns
simmer for about an hour.
strain the liquid.
i like to 'mash' the potatoes, carrots, celery
into the broth before i strain it
this makes the stock a little thicker.
you can store in jars in the refrigerator
for about a week, or freeze for a longer
saving time.
You can use this for sopa de arroz
caldo de pollo
pappas en caldo...
hasta luego!
con carino, be good
thanks matre. I love reading your comments to my posts. I really needed this one!
ReplyDeleteLove you