Wow, for somebody who loves to write I really (honestly) hate updating this blog. Words are never enough to really communicate what my life is like here, but pictures help, so here's a few :)
I had a community meeting in my village last Friday, where in true peace corps style I executed "paca" (participatory analysis for community action - i think) activities.
The first photo is the women drawing a map of Ngala, our village, so that they can think of what resources are available and begin to conceptualize what resources could be put to more use.
The second photo is men doing the same thing. The women's map was simple, but quite effective. The men argued for about 30 minutes over whether the bar was a place of business or a leisure place. Hmmmm....
The last photo is one of the men explaining their map to myself and the other women.
This is the sort of work that I *love* - community action, getting input from those who would be affected by any type of development work... and lots and lots of Chichewa practice!
For pictures of my sister Christina's visit to Malawi a couple of weeks ago, I will direct you to her Picasa web album: http://picasaweb.google.com/christina01/Malawi?feat=email#
