Weekend trip to Jinja

So, since we have the weekends off, we decided to take a trip to jinja which is the tourist destination in Uganda. It was so funny to go and see many other Mzungu's as well as places that sold hamburgers and pizzas! It was awesome! And the souvenier shops were so much fun too. It was quite different then anywhere else because most things are around one dollar! It's crazy! After we shopped for a bit, we headed over to this resort and went for a swim. It felt AMAZING after the week in the dirt and heat. So there is something very interesting here that we call the "drive through". What you do, is tell your taxi to pull over to the side of the road and immediately you are bombarded with vendors selling meat on sticks, water, pop, sambosas, and my personal favorite, gonjas which are roasted bananas. It's so fun, but kind of overwhelming. So this week since we already were introduced to many of our partner organizations, we selected commitee leads and began planning projects. Me and two other girls on my team are heading up public health and I am so excited about it. Today we went and met with sister Josaphine from the hospital as well as another man named Emanuel. We are planning some village outreach programs and a curriculum to teach HIV/AIDS awareness in the schools. I don't know why, but ever since we got here and learned about the problems HIV/AIDS has caused, I have wanted to spend my time in that area. We also met with a man named Wilson who is charge of the Youth Outreach Mission and he is going to help us teach about health and HIV in schools as well as help us plan an extravaganza for a community awareness day dealing with HIV/AIDS. Also, we will be planning things for our eye camps that will hopefully be starting up in June. That is just what has been going on with public health! There are five other commitees on our team who all have amazing projects they are planning. I am just so excited for all the work we are going to be doing this summer.