Practicing

Today ... as part of our training,

we went to the local school to

give a malaria sensibilization

(as you can see in the picture).

We are given tasks which mimic

what will be doing when we 

arrive in our villages.

Our topic was malaria with an

emphasis on how it is contracted.

What we have observed is that

despite knowing about malaria,

with what looked like 100% of

the students at one time or 

another suffering from it ...

they still don't sleep under a

mosquito net. 

This led us to believe that maybe

they just didn't understand

how it's contracted. 

We made a skit with a lot of 

animation and theatrics that

appeared to grab their attention.

We really repeated over and 

over that malaria is transmitted

by moustique (bug/fly) during

the night. Plus, if someone is 

sleeping under their net, they

won't get bit and will be safe.

We don't know if they got the

message and will start sleeping

under their nets, but we tried.

In the end it was fun and for us

trainees we became actors

and actresses with the hope

that it will help out.

It is great to be here doing

things like this even if we are

trainees or not.