All the PCV camp counselors with our fearless PC director and assistant
Alongside another Health volunteer from the group that's about to celebrate their one-year anniversary, we taught a 1.5 hour session of how to educate about HIV and teen pregnancy to the campers' peers. We went into the camp assuming (we assumed correctly!) that all the campers had a basic knowledge of what HIV and teenage pregnancy are, so we decided to educate them on how to present this information in a fun way; thru dinamicas. It was a fun, interactive presentation and I think the campers enjoyed themselves.
The "White Blood Cell" Dance: Explaining the process of HIV
My co-counselor with one of our "juguetes"
Condom demonstration
When the campers weren't in the informational sessions, the counselors put on glow in the dark frisbee, a fogata (bonfire) in which we taught the kids how to make s'mores, basketball, volleyball, KICKball (good times!), football (the kind we play in the states) and a series of adventure games like climbing up a 15ft ladder and sliding down a pole, or doing a scavenger hunt at 6 in the morning, as well as having a dance night starting with a one-hour session of Zumba taught by a new volunteer and yours truly. (Nicas, including teenagers, regularly wake up between 4-5am every day; they were the ones waking the counselors up! It was rough, but I kinda wish that teens in the states were up and motivated at that hour!)
Photo scavenger hunt: the whole group laying down on the bleachers
PSH: The group with a kitchen lady
PSH: Looking "lost" at the entrance of the labyrinth
PSH: Creating a "human table"
PSH: The entire group touching the camp leader
PSH: Human pyramid
PSH: "Jailed" at the camp, with a guard
PSH: Playing Leapfrog on the baseball field
Second place!
After teaching ZUMBA
Aside from being FREEZING (well, 46* F) with even colder showers, it was a great time and I think all the kids had a blast. I hope this project continues to thrive in the future!
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