Afeeeekkka!!

Hello Everyone!!

First of all my big apolgies for not updating the blog last weekend.... it was my turn to do it and unfortunatly the day set aside for internet was spent in bed ill :-(

Anyways... the African Adventure is well underway and im having a fabulous time as is the whole of Tg4! We are all busy in our schools and many of us have experienced teaching the first aid syllabus (some more than others due to schools on hols etc) but all experience has been good experience from what i have talked to the other volenteers about!!

I can only tell you more about my experiences as everyone is separated during the weeks then reunited at the weekend and to list everythin that everyone has done and achieved would take me toooo long!! :-D

Sooooo teaching for us at our school (Clare, Jenna and Jenny) has got off to a slow start due to the children resitting exams etc (we cant teach them during this time as they need to revise) but last week things picked up and we started teaching form 1 and 2 during the day for 40 minutes and we have started a first aid club in the evenings ... the children seem interested in the first aid syllabus but it is very obvious that first aid is not valued in schools here (this is why we are here thou) so it has been a battle working enthusiasm into the classes and emphasising how important it actually is... we are hoping that this message will sink in sooner rather than later as we experienced our first trip to a tanzanian hospital the other day as a little girl collasped on us... (she is getting better)!!! We are also lucky in the fact that this week we get to go and visit the primary school down the road from us and possibly teach some first aid ther along with other lessons!!

At the weekends we have spent most of our time relaxing .... kind of... last weekend we went to a childrens centre and taught first aid to the children. It was absolutely amazing!! They sang to us and it was very moving!! We have been swimming at a lovely hotel that had gorgeous food :-D and considering that food was one of my biggest worries im doing just fine... infact im doing great the food is gooooood!

We have all ordered clothes to be made and have got some gorgeous bags here!! soooo very happy!

Anyways write again soon with more details

Becca x