It's GLOW Time!

Hey everyone! I'm here at our Camp G2LOW host school, an hour before the start of our Training of Trainers. Classrooms are swept, mosquito nets are hung, the water's hot for coffee, and Mr. Hiney's busy writing our camp goals on a blackboard. Fresh batteries in the camera, welcome packets made up, and now.... we pump ourselves up and prepare our lessons for the coming week. We'll have around 60 students more or less with about 23 counselors/ helpers so things are about to get a bit crazy on Friday.

Again, this camp stands for Girls and Guys Leading Our World. We want to promote cooperation between the genders as well as teach the students about topics they might not get enough exposure to: malaria, sexual education, how to plan for a goal, actions and consequences, and how to deal with violence. We hope that not only the campers can take something away from the lessons but also us the counselors. I'm really excited to be hosting several former Camp GLOW students as counselors this year! After participating in the past, they've been actively involved in their communities, making them excellent role models for the current campers.

Wish us luck this coming week! It all goes off the 19th and we start packing up on the 26th. Let's make it count, yeah?

Special thanks to all the Burkinabé who have volunteered their time for this experience as well as the volunteers coming from all over the southwest. 

Excuse me while I cough out all the dust from my lungs from sweeping yesterday... Gack...