Today we were introduced to groups of kids to begin our anti-malarial campaign. It seemed that the girls were certainly more chatty than the boys! We asked them what they already knew about malaria and if they knew how to prevent themselves, they knew a broad range of symptoms but were a little shaky on the causes or preventions. We devised a short acronym to help the kids remember– ABC. A standing for awareness, B for bite prevention and C for care. Hopefully this will have some effect on the community because they are such hard working children and its not fair that malaria is such a risk. They even carry up buckets of water for us before they begin school, about 6am; its the least that we can do. Some of the children returned to lessons, and others had exams. Some of us, such as Ben Rogers, got involved with the kids by reading stories – helping them with their English. Some of the girls entered the library and were challenged by the students to a few rounds of checkers and oware, which we sorely lost to! The younger school children were fascinated by bubbles and colouring pencils, and seemed to use us as climbing frames.
The group is bonding well, we've all begun to shine in our own aspects. Grace and Amy have set up a massaging parlour which is the highlight of some of our evenings. Heated rounds of card games are keeping the troops entertained along with long melody ballads of Disney songs.
No further medical issues, we are all perfectly happy being filthy and no one is sick.
Love to all,
'The co-eds of exploration!' xxx
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