Dear family and friends,
Sorry for the lack of recent updates. I am normally only in my banking town every 4-6 weeks. March 1st was the Peace Corps 50th birthday. Since I needed to present my diagnostic survey report to the community, I decided to combine it with a birthday party for Peace Corps. Two other volunteers also attended which was nice. After I presented the report, Chris talked about the 50th celebration, and we cut the cake, they asked us to dance a traditional Malagasy dance. The head of the district came with a camera man and a couple weeks later the footage of us dancing was featured on the local news.
A week later on the 8th of march my town had a parade for Womens Day and the hospital employees asked me to join them on the float. The day of the event they told me they needed me to dress up as a pregnant person for the float as they had a sign encouraging women to colme to the community center for pregnancy consultations. I am not sure how many people read the sign, but they all saw me riding on the float and some even ask me if I already gave birth to the baby. Wondering if this means that I am fully integrated into my community now?
Upcoming Projects:
Teaching Handwashing in elementary schools
Organizing Service Project for Youth Service Day
Planning a health communication campaign
Assisting with Vitamin A distribution for Mother and Child Week in April
Love,
Teena
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