Nairobi

Hey Everyone,

We're here in Nairobi for IST and today was mostly an intro day with some medical videos about HIV which were pretty depressing. Tomorrow we start the real stuff with various workshops and seminar-type things offered by various organizations to help educate us on different topics we told the staff we wanted to know about. In the morning i'll be sitting in on a session regarding income generating activities (IGAs), because in my area there is a serious need for alternatives to the fishing culture. The fishing culture around Lake Victoria is a major contributing factor the ridiculously high HIV prevalence rate in the District (13% - among the highest in the country). I wrote a Community Needs Assessment detailing various aspects of my community, specifically the various health issues and HIV/AIDS related problems in the area. I'll double check with my bosses and try and put it on here if anyone is interested. Other than that our week is booked pretty solid from 8-4. We try and get out and eat the tasty food here as much as our wallets allow, but it's mainly just been good to see all of my friends who have been scattered throughout the country. Anyways, that's all for now, but I think we're going to an animal orphanage/sanctuary this weekend, so i'll post some pictures ASAP. Talk to you soon.