Helloooo! Sorry it has been a while since my last update! The last few weeks of volunteering were very busy. It was very sad to say goodbye to everyone, but I think almost all of us will stay in touch. I really met some great people. The last camps were amazing... the classes went really well and I had the best girls empowerment session of the trip. The girls were so open and talkative which makes a HUGE difference in how the discussion goes. We also did one mor...

Camp Three Last week we finished up Camp Three, where we had our home stay - so there is lots to tell about today! For camp three, I had a class of 7th graders, who of course, were so cute. The girls at this camp were the most curious about us, and would give us snacks and want us to eat the nsima with them. They mostly snack on ground nuts, potatoes and sugar cane that they eat right off the stick. All are pretty good actually!! I am such a sucker for those gro...

Hello! Our internet here has been in and out for the past two weeks so it has been really hard to get on and write. I havent heard from very many people, just Lauren and my mom! I wanna hear what you are all up to and how you are doing!! Lilongwe has been great! I absolutely love it here. Teaching is a lot of work...we get up at around 7am and are working through til about 8 or 9pm. It takes us about an hour to get to each school, we are at the school from abou...

Mino! Today is Sunday in Malawi and it is our last day of orientation! I now feel really comfortable teaching the curriculum and know so much more about teaching and working with translators. Working with translators is tricky because you have to use short sentences to discuss very serious and complex topics. But I think it is good practice to put things into words that the kids can understand. The kids we will be teaching are in standards 6,7,8 and we will be t...

Hello from Malawi! I finally made it here on Wednesday. I was so tired the first day, I could barely keep my eyes open towards the end! But our house is very nice and so is everyone I am here with. There are four Coordinators (who run things here and are employed by World Camp) and 9 volunteers including me. We also have 5 translators who are all coming over on Sunday to meet us. I can't wait. So far, I love being here. It is definitely something I have never ex...