Life in Morogoro

Habari za Mchana (Good afternoon)
I guess the 10 hour difference means that its the middle of the night at home.
We've been doing more orientation all week including speaking with Victor from Faraja Trust (one of our partner organizations), and learning about HIV/AIDS and gender in Morogoro. The situation in Tanzania certainly isn't the worst in the world however there is still work to be done concerning the high infant mortality rate, HIV/AIDS and gender equity. The work that YCI does is to provide various programming geared towards youth that helps give them the skills and knowledge they need to become empowered and create real change. All of the staff have great respect for the Tanzanian culture (4 of the 5 are native to Tanzania). The programming is contantly evolving thanks to feedback from the participants and partners and extensive monitoring, evaluating and reporting on our part to ensure our programs are effective.
The programs we're running this phase are Basic, Intermediate and Continuing English and Computer classes focusing on how these relate to Business Communication, assisting Gasto, a very friendly and kind Tanzanian volunteer to teach English at a Faraja school, assisting a secondary school HIV club, running Good Governance workshops encouraging youth to be aware of and get involved in their local government as well as outreach programs like secondary school events and talent shows to promote the theme of HIV/AIDS awareness, testing and decreasing stigma. I'm specifically involved with the three levels of English classes, the HIV club, Good Governance and the outreach programs.
We start work on these pgorams on Monday so I'm very excited to get started!
Tita nanu! (See you!)
Love from Moro!!!