Today is a national holiday here in South Africa - Women's Day! To wrap up the long four day weekend, myself and two friends took a leisurely hike up a nearby mountain. It was absolutely beautiful today, not a cloud in the sky and mid 70s. Just a perfect winter day right?
I spent most of this weekend in Cape Town with the other two American interns from Women on Farms Project. We had to go out to farms Friday and Saturday to conduct focus groups and surveys on women's health care access. The focus groups and surveys are not my project so I just got to spend the days playing with the farm children. They go crazy when you pull out a camera! Friday night we ate at an amazing Ethiopian restaurant and went out, Saturday night we were exhausted so we rented a few movies. Sunday we went to a place called Mzoli's which is basically a butchery in the townships that became huge during the World Cup last year. Now it is the place to be on Sundays and was thus packed but a good time nonetheless!
In other news I started another project at work. I will still be working with the women's mushroom cooperatives but I am now also developing a ten session course on gender equality for grade 8 learners. The sessions will be an hour long each and will focus on issues such as South African rights, gender based violence, child abuse, responsibility, decision making, and opportunities post-school and off the farm. We plan on going into 5 or 6 schools and teaching 30 students in each school for the time being.
All in all things are going great here! I keep reading bad news on the US economy but for whatever reason, the worse the economy is over there, the more the exchange rate goes up in my favor! I'm loving it! You can actual watch the rand per dollar exchange rate increase by the hour lately!
Well, check out my picasa site - I posted some more pictures! And lastly, anyone want to donate $2,500 to me so I can come home this weekend and go bridesmaid dress fitting with my cousin?!?! Let me know!
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