Last week of classes

Tyler teaching his computer class in Mahonda about the Internet. This is what the inside of the building looks like.

Tyler's awesome drawings.

Once again, Stephanie and I were locked out of the building in Mahonda so we were forced to
hold our class outside. Here we were teaching them how to give directions in English.

Tyler, Stephanie, and Mwinyi acting out our HIV/AIDS Outreach through Arts drama

Finished the last week of classes on Friday. Practically all of our spare time was consumed with working on the Final Activity Reports for Monday morning. It seems like I have 3 homes in my life right now. 1) My home in Canada 2) My home in Zanzibar 3) Sunshine Secretarial Internet Cafe, where I am right now. I know the owner by name, and we joke around and laugh whenever we see each other, which is every day.

The fact that classes are over is sad, but at least now my schedule is going to be more free. The only things I have left is a volunteer/staff meeting and an English Club on Monday, an English post test Tuesday and Wednesday, graduation Thursday afternoon, and a final meeting with staff on Friday. We then have all next weekend off (I think we're going to the beach) and then we leave Zanzibar early Monday morning, have debriefing with the Morogoro volunteers in Dar, then everyone except Dave and I leave for Canada. The next day Dave goes to Zanzibar and I explore Dar es Salaam by myself. That night I hop on the airplane and fly home to Canada.

Today I took part in a movie that is being filmed by UMATI, a partner organization of YCI. The aim of the film is to increase HIV/AIDS awareness in High Schools across Zanzibar. My scene was walking into the doctor's office, handing him a report, improvising the lines, "Here are the test results from this week, and the next page is last week." The doctor then asks me, "Here, (points to a random spot on the page) how is this patient's hemoglobin?" I responded, "It's very low, but it needs to go up." I then walk out of the room. OSCARS HERE I COME!

Also in today's news I bought a HUGE painting. It'll be interesting where they go since I bought another 2 paintings a month ago and our wall space is limited. I'm also thinking of ideas of how to get everything home, since I bought so many things here. If anyone has any clever ideas of getting everything home that does not include me carrying everything in 10 bags, please feel free to post it in the comment box.

One of our family members, Naila, had malaria all last week, but now she is fully recovered and is getting into pillow fights with Tyler again. However, as soon as she got better, Yehyea the second youngest brother got pneumonia. I'm very concerned for him since he is only 10 years old and I'm not sure how well he will be able to cope with it, although apparently this is not the first time he's had it...

I'm looking forward to seeing everyone as soon as I get home!