Hi everyone, we are just
finishing up our third week here in Georgetown, Guyana! We started our week off
by celebrating Manny’s 20th birthday on Monday. He was able to
celebrate his day with a delicious breakfast made at our accommodations and
finished it with Churches Chicken that night.
After a full day of classes on
Monday we were able to meet with Susan Isaacs, the managing director at the Guyana Foundation to discuss a future
collaboration. The Guyana Foundation is a charitable organization that
maintains community-based centers located in various regions with a high
incidence of suicide. They work with local hospitals to make counselling readily
available as well as provide 3-month skills training to improve access to
economic opportunities. We hope to work with them in one of their centres for a
couple weekend sessions.
On Tuesday two of our peer
educators, Shannon and Haylee worked with the Guyana Responsible Parenthood
Association (GRPA) to discuss mental health, depression and suicide at the
Guyana National Shipping Corp Dock. It was an amazing opportunity to reach
individuals outside of our regular classrooms.
We finished
off our classes for the week and were lucky enough to travel to Berbice on
Friday afternoon and visit Megan E., Megan B., Kate, and Robbie, our peer
educators located there. We were all
very excited to see each other for the first time in 3 weeks and got the chance
to discuss our separate experiences in this culture. They were amazing hosts
and cooked us the best meals while we stayed with them. On Saturday we were lucky enough to meet Ravi who greeted us with kindness and generosity and drove all 8 of us to beach 63 and fed us the most delicious food. Overall, we had a fantastic day swimming in the ocean and spending the day in the sun. We
loved to see another region of Guyana and cannot wait to see our friends again
this Friday to celebrate Independence Day in Georgetown!
Best,
Haylee, Shannen, Shannon, Manny
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