Neighborhood Connections are Strengthened

Home Pariffin container unlabelled- common practice

Today is our 8th day. We began our day early with a group exercise class on the lawn led by Leroy a local fitness instructor . After breakfast we headed into Munsieville to meet our interpreters , Anna and Star.Accompanying us today are 2 special young adults ,Palesa and Articia ,students representing the Munsieville Youth Voice Journalism Academy. Palesa and Articia will be writing articles about our community visits. Star led Robert, Donna G. , Julia and Palesa to Mayibuye to visit and assess 2 creche daycares. Anna led Barbara, Mary and Articia to the Buffer area shacks to continue door to door pariffin safety education .We bring firsthand knowledge of the impressive kindness and dedication of our local volunteer interpreter guides as we work side to side with them. Our daycare facility assessments result in specific recommmendations paired with neighborhood face to face pariffin safety instruction assist this unique community in protecting their vunerable children .
The clinic team checked in with the clinic staff today before heading onto the HIV/AIDS rally run by the local taxi drivers association who have a union type role in the area. There were stalls from the health authority distributing health information, stickers and condoms to promote safety with HIV, testing and education around the stigma associated wiht HIV and TB. Their health education pamphlets were really informative. The stalls were complimented by other information around social help, debt and good parenting. Looks like Betty and Paul from Project Hope have linked up with a good resource for information resources for parents.
the taxi's started a convoy around the town with HIV counsellors waving and singing out of the windows and horns blowing - a great way to drum up interest around the township.
Then as is the usual way for Munsieville events, speeches to the crowd and VIPs, followed by prayer, song and dance and of course...........food - fried chicken and cabbage being cooked in huge coldron's over open fires stirred with the biggest wooden spoon I ever saw!
The key message is every day is world aids day

Jeanette Ryan

Standby we are making solar bulbs for shacks tomorrow....