Last night, I organized a World Aids Day Dance-Off with the other volunteer in my town and a few Togolese colleagues. Four groups of kids competed in traditional dance and also in modern dance- which for most of them was break dance. A girl's club that I've been working with for about a year now put on two plays, one about the discrimination towards people infected with HIV/AIDs and one about practicing fidelity. We also had a a condom race, where volunteers from the audience formed two teams to see which team could put on and take off a condom from a wooden penis first. There were prizes for the participants- tshirts and pens with catchy messages about wearing condoms (like a condom-man giving a thumbs up). I hope that through fun, humor and interactive games the audience took away at least one new piece of knowledge.
It felt like a perfect last celebration before my departure to the United States in in two days... I hope to catch up with all my friends in family over the phone or in person so be expecting a call from me : )
