Camp GLOW - 2 days in
well, Camp GLOW (girls leading out world) has kicked off. sunday, we were all supposed to arrive between 2 and 4 pm.....my group from Guinagourou showed up at 6:30. we hada great excuse though....i was sitting in a churchfor SIX hours. keep the sinner comments to yourselves folks, i was at the baptism of one of my camp girls. though long and extremely hot, it was really good to see how a church ceremony got going here. having no previous experience to draw from, i must say it was quite the production. chickens were presented and egss passed around, translation into Bariba is also something that differentiates churches here from back home. all in all, great but our schedule definitely got off to a late start.
we walked in right as dinner was being served so we ditched our bags and ate. the group i brought is me, a model woman from the community (we call them tutrices), and 3 girls in 8th grade. the girls were pretty excited from the get go but i was reluctant to think they'd really seize the moment and jump in the groups, especially b/c we were SO tired from travelling.....and church. After dinner we had a dance party with Beninese and American music. the girls were AWESOME! all of them! Lizzie made the party by using her aerobics instructor skills and leading an improptu class to "Barbie Girl". it was a vision. one of the guars at our workstation is a musician and brought his drum to play. he asked to girls to sing local songs from their villages. after a few timid volunteers, they really opened up! i almost fell over when two of my girls sang and danced for everyone, it was SO COOL! it was neat to see how the dancing varies by village also. around 9:30, heads started to drop, even the volunteers so we called it a night. mosquito nets were hung and everyone passed out. this week is all about health, nutrition, good environmental practices, womens' rights, and the like. my favorite session so far has been sports, when the girls relly got to let loose. duck duck goose has never been soo intense. things are rolling along smoothly, knock on wood!
we walked in right as dinner was being served so we ditched our bags and ate. the group i brought is me, a model woman from the community (we call them tutrices), and 3 girls in 8th grade. the girls were pretty excited from the get go but i was reluctant to think they'd really seize the moment and jump in the groups, especially b/c we were SO tired from travelling.....and church. After dinner we had a dance party with Beninese and American music. the girls were AWESOME! all of them! Lizzie made the party by using her aerobics instructor skills and leading an improptu class to "Barbie Girl". it was a vision. one of the guars at our workstation is a musician and brought his drum to play. he asked to girls to sing local songs from their villages. after a few timid volunteers, they really opened up! i almost fell over when two of my girls sang and danced for everyone, it was SO COOL! it was neat to see how the dancing varies by village also. around 9:30, heads started to drop, even the volunteers so we called it a night. mosquito nets were hung and everyone passed out. this week is all about health, nutrition, good environmental practices, womens' rights, and the like. my favorite session so far has been sports, when the girls relly got to let loose. duck duck goose has never been soo intense. things are rolling along smoothly, knock on wood!
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