I’m currently spending this week in Mzuzu as Vice President-elect of the Gender and Development (GAD) committee helping the current exec board with their GAD Camp. It’s just like real camp! But in Africa. And not really like real camp. But still cool! Are tenacious and tireless leaders have brought 25 students from villages all over the Northern region here to Mzuzu, many for their first time, to learn about what it’s like to be a professional in a city. In the mornings they job shadow people like mechanics, business people, nurses, doctors, we have a hair stylist, and a radio DJ. In the afternoons we do camp-like things like games or we have fieldtrips to the courthouse or guest speakers or resume workshops. It really is pretty cool. We've got them doing a very American-television impression of a doctor. They'll get really serious and whip off their glasses or point serious fingers and proclaim "I'm a doctor." The kids are loving it.
They especially love movie nights. We’ve been watching the High School Musical Trilogy. Yes, trilogy. They eat that noise UP! Singing, dancing, white kids their age! Us PCV’s love it too. We’re all in this together, la la la!!! Tonight we’re having a very camp-like talent show, where yours truly will be performing a little Secondary School Musical drama to my campers’ delight. Jealous?!
Bonus! Mom and Dad sent me a care package with a lovely little $20 bill hidden in it. They have more than doubled my standard of living for the rest of the month! Beer and “pizza”?! I think yes.
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