I took a few pictures at the preschool where I did a teeth brushing lesson last week, and here they are!

So I´m starting to be comfortable with my spanish and am thinking more about working on specific projects. Its hard though, because at the moment all my counterparts are pre-occupied with the H1N1 pig-flu so they don´t have time to work with me on new projects at the moment. These are some ideas
1. ´pregnant club´(sounds better in spanish) to work with pregnant adolscents about their reproductive rights, how the body works, nutrition pre,during, and post natal, and about family planning
2. have a mini soccer leauge with the youth health promotors of teams of6-8 people, since the soccer playing area in the park is small, teams are small
3.start a women´s fitness group (I´m way out of shape, and there seems to be interest)
4.work on reproductive health in the schools.
5. we actually have a school for children with ´different abilities´as they put it here, so I could do something with them maybe, as well as do a workshop with the teachers of the public schools about learning disabilities etc.
5. I´d like to do some family building stuff too, like once every two months, have an activity where families can come in, and work on a project togther aka trust building , empathy, respect. I don´t know how well that´ll work in the culture here, since they days are so busy for everyone, and the time is very divided between the genders. (remeber machisimoism?)

Well I really have to narrow it down to 2, or 3 projects, and work hard on them, and get it right, rather than have a lot of small projects half-assed. We´ll see what happens.

It looks like I may be picking up an online psychology course for July and August. One of my counter parts seems excited about this, but I had to make sure he knows that just beacuse I´ve taken classes in the field, I am not a lisenced clincian, and therefore will not be givig out mental health advice.

I´ll be completing my first three months here in site middle of next month. I feel I have basic understanding of the community, and will be able to start working on more effective, and interesting projects.

Wish me luck!
Hazel