A little break

I am up in the capital (Ouagadougou) for a few days to fill out
a report and just take a break from the village. Every once in a while
living with the amenities like electricity and the ability to charge
electronics such as phones at will, is a nice luxury.

Tomorrow it is out at 5:30 a.m., load the bicycle and start pedaling
towards the village. Ouagadougou is a bustling capital on any
given day but at the break of dawn ... it is just a pleasure to traverse.
By the time I arrive at the main road that leads out to the village,
the traffic is up to speed and I am heading in the right direction ...
away.

On the village front it has been continuing to hammer away at the
sex-ed teenage pregnancy project. We are about finished with
the college and lycee (middle and high school) kids and have a
group of about 15 girls to finish off the whole lot. These 15 kids
are a little older and in lower grades. Their other class mates are
a little young to participate in the sensibilization but these are
definitely of the 'age'. In fact the only girl known to be pregnant
is within that group and she didn't receive the sensibilization.

With the project close to completion it is time to look for new
opportunities and I've stopped by several schools and have some
feelers out on possible activities. The possibilities are spelling
bees, soccer matches featuring girls teams and a track and
field/Olympic type event between two local schools. These
are normal activities for schools in the States but for here, it is not.
So, I have put out the ideas and it seems like each one has been
acceptable in principle but now it's making it a reality. So, that
is the challenge and hopefully upcoming attractions to future
blog posts.

With being in the bush comes some challenges and one big one
is being able to follow the Super Bowl this upcoming Sunday.
With being from New England and with the Patriots playing ...
it is imperative that the internet capable phone is charged,
the unite (air time) is sufficient and the internet works. The
best way I've found to keep up with it is through an ESPN
app for an Android phone. Oh yeah, also we are five hours
ahead and setting the alarm clock is imperative.

Time to head out and enjoy a cold soda or drink and suck up
the amenities of big city living before 5:30 tomorrow morning.
Then it will be hot cool drinks and cold hot showers ... a total
flip of living styles.