checkin' in

Tomorrow we're all getting away from our villages and home stay families for the weekend and going on a safari/partying at Mikumi national park. Us volunteers haven't had a chance to spend a night together since the beginning of training so it should be a lot of fun. I haven't taken any photos since i've been here, but i'm planning on busting out the camera soon. Sorry.

Last week we met with an NGO of People Living with HIV/Aids (PLWHAS). Their mission is to educate the public about HIV prevention while also living as positive examples for the HIV infected community here in Tanzania. In addition, they provide assistance to each other through collective farming and other similar activities. Many of these people were visibly sick, very sick. It was really sad and eye-opening. I can't recall ever meeting someone that suffered from the disease. This obviously won't be the last time. PLWHAS will be a group that we will likely have the opportunity to work with once we get to site.

I had my interview yesterday by the people in charge of placement. I won't know where i'll be until mid-august, but they were hinting that they wanted to place me in a more of a urban/town setting b/c of my experience in Kenya and Political Science background. I won't be in any of the larger cities like Dar, but i'll likely be in some sort of city center as a opposed to the bush. Sounds good to me, but i'm up for anything.

We were in class the other day and something flew into kailtlyn's (another volunteer) hair as she was sitting next to me. She stood up and was laughing uncomfortably. I just sat there b/c i didn't know what was going on, but it ended up being a bat. She was freakin' out. Things get weird occasionally.

Baadaye