A toast to the halfway point

We can’t believe week three is already over! It has been a great week of second and
third lessons in most of our classes, and we have started to get deeper into
topics surrounding sexual and mental health. Our students have been quite
engaged and enthusiastic about our puberty, sexual anatomy and pregnancy
classes. We’ve had a lot of great discussions with our students, and our
classroom peer-educator-to-student dynamic has started to become more open and comfortable.
With that comfortability, we’ve started to move into more heavy content, which
has come with its fair share of challenges, but has also been a great
opportunity for mutual learning. Continuing to build relationships in our
community and the youth in the schools we work in has been rewarding as well. 

We had the opportunity to attend a Christian Gospel Church early in the week, which was a unique experience for
all of us. We learned how to make pumpkin curry and roti, one of our Guyanese favourites;
with one of the locals we have formed a connection with in our village. The people we meet on a daily basis have continued to be very welcoming and generous.

This weekend our Georgetown colleaguesjoined us in Berbice. We enjoyed showing them around where we live, and
reflecting on our past couple of weeks as a team in our different locations. On
Saturday we visited 63 Beach, the longest beach in Guyana, along with some of
our friends from our village. Even though we prepped our skin with 50SPF, and
wore sunglasses and hats we all ended up being toasted from the sun. Regardless
of our sun exposure, the adventure was a highlight. With full days and busy
schedules our time in Guyana has been flying by, after this week we will be
more than half way! We’re thriving getting into the swing of things and embrace
whatever the next weeks have to offer.