so we had our first big event this past saturday since i've gotten here. it was a graduation of roughly 300 kids from our grassroot soccer skillz curriculum. the event consisted of 300 kids, their parents, a graduation ceremony where they received certificates of completion, and voluntary hiv testing.
the event went off smoothly. it was one of our biggest events recently, so it was exciting to see how it all worked and went down.
i got hiv tested for the first time. even though i knew going into it that i didn't have to worry too much, it was still a scary experience and the "what if" factor kept popping into my head as i was waiting the 5 minutes for my results. im glad i went through the testing though to experience it myself since its a big part of grs. i can understand why so many people here are nervous to get tested
also, all the interns also got dragged up front and had to dance in front of the 300+ people. it was rather embarrassing haha. but then a bunch of the kids saved us and joined in and it turned into a dance party. i still have 7 year olds trying to teach me to dance and then laughing at me when i try to imitate them. its a real confidence booster haha.
*mzungu=white person
the event went off smoothly. it was one of our biggest events recently, so it was exciting to see how it all worked and went down.
i got hiv tested for the first time. even though i knew going into it that i didn't have to worry too much, it was still a scary experience and the "what if" factor kept popping into my head as i was waiting the 5 minutes for my results. im glad i went through the testing though to experience it myself since its a big part of grs. i can understand why so many people here are nervous to get tested
also, all the interns also got dragged up front and had to dance in front of the 300+ people. it was rather embarrassing haha. but then a bunch of the kids saved us and joined in and it turned into a dance party. i still have 7 year olds trying to teach me to dance and then laughing at me when i try to imitate them. its a real confidence booster haha.
*mzungu=white person
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