GLOW Camp

The week after IST I went straight to Girls Leading Our World (GLOW) Camp. Many Peace Corps Volunteers have GLOW or BE (Boys Excelling) clubs in their schools, and once a year each region has seperate camps for the boys and the girls. Since I had a site mate who already had BE and GLOW clubs in the secondary school near my house, I was able to be involved in picking the campers from our school. We ended up sending 9 girls to GLOW and 8 boys to BE. 

GLOW camp was a great experience. I was one of the facilitators which meant I was assigned a group of 10 campers and 2 junior facilitators (girls who have been to camp before and help translate the lessons into Kinyarwanda). Every morning I had "homeroom" with my group (which they later named Beauty) then afterwards all the groups would rotate to each facilitator for a lesson. There were four groups so I taught each group everyday. I definitely learned a lot from the girls and also learned I am happy I am not an Education Volunteer. Although I envy their clear-cut schedules and job description (not to mention the multiple month long breaks), teaching is hard and even harder with a significant language barrier. I am sure if I had been an Education Volunteer I would have made it work, but I think Health will end up being a better fit. 

Me and the girls from Mamba Secondary (my school!)

My Beauty-ful junior facilitators

Bernadette- my amazing neighbor, good friend, AND Camp Mom. She rocks.