May till the beginning of July, I worked on multiple projects at Sophia Special. Here are some pictures from the renovation of my "office" to make it a teacher resource room and literacy center. After a ton of cleaning and organizing as well as unpacking BOXES of brand new books...this is what happened!
I also did a little project with level 7 students where they drew representations of their life in Guyana. These drawings then went to Easthampton, MA where my dear friend, Anna is going to do drawing exchange with her students...for a possible art show sometime in September/October. Here are some pictures of some of the students working on their drawings:
Our 4th of July celebration was chock full of yummy food, water balloon fights, dizzy bat (with a cricket bat, of course!) and the incredible enjoyment of the U.S Ambassadors pool.
My 33rd birthday (gulp!) was really nice with some food adventures and nice friends. There was even a brownie cake which was delicious!
Since school is finished for the summer, I am working at NCERD on a few projects. My major project is a HIV/AIDS curriculum for all 12 special needs schools. I am doing a big 3 day teacher training at the end of August with about 30 teachers along with the HIV/AIDS Education Ministry. It is turning out to be a much bigger project then I anticipated (think press and officials!) and am excited to see how the teachers respond to the information. I hope that they take the information and really put it to use for the lives of their students. It can be really challenging when I give the teachers the tools and they just stick it in a folder and never open it up again (happens all the time!)
Anyways..that's life here Guyana..just now!
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