Wednesday, July 9th

We worked on condom use, drugs and alcohol and STIs today, which went very well. The good news was that the kids seemed to know how to use them properly

It's amazing to watch these kids play soccer. Harry, a member of my group, seems particularly talented. I tried to cover him while we played during a break, which didn't go very well. He did a few tricks with the ball and before I knew it he had kicked the ball between my legs, laughed and had ran past me. I took a little break from soccer after that.

After break we began to work on our hero books, which I decided to participate in as well. Nonkonzo asked me to draw her and tell her why I thought she was a hero (Assignment 7). I drew her playing soccer and said that she was a hero because she played soccer with the boys, instead of jumping rope like most of the girls (Which they are INCREDIBLE at). She really seemed to like it so I decided to draw the rest of my group as well. I drew Sizakele jumping rope, Xolani rapping (he wants to be one), Thokozani playing keep-away, Harry playing soccr and Bongisiwe playing keep away. I thoroughly enjoyed this part of camp because they each wrote in my book as well.



It's amazing how comfortable we are here now. The first time we drove in iNgwavuma we had the windows up, doors locked and were a bit overwhelmed by everyone staring at us. After a day or two, I have my head out the window, waving and greeting just about everyone on the roadside.

The drive to and from the school have actually been incredibly fun. Kids on the road seem to know when we are coming, because they will run down from their houses to shout wave and get their pictures taken. We passed the poorest kids I have ever seen today. They had been pumping water from the spigot to bring it home and were pushing eachother around in a rusted out wheelbarrow helf together by duct tape. Their clothes were absolutely covered in bright red dirt.