Burkina Faso has been treating me really well! I have been loving the activities going on in Silmidougou. We started a girls' mentoring program at the elementary school with 20 incredible women. The preschool has been thriving with the addition of free lunches and the teachers going through another training. We just had a big four day party for my chief where my volunteer neighbor and I received two guinea fowl - that was quickly consumed. Hot season has started up again, it is in the 100s at night (it has hit over 130 already), but luckily everyone is just as exhausted so a little break at noon to 3pm is seen as the norm.
As some of you have heard, I am extending my service until June 2015. Yes, Katiepalooza will be happening for then. I will be coming home for Thanksgiving through New Years this coming year, so hopefully I will get a chance to visit with all of you.
The preschool project is going really well. I have posted two albums of photos on my facebook page (and Mom posted some while she was here as well). The two classrooms are built and classes have been going terrifically! Thanks to the support of my neighborhood (Holmes Run Acres), we also got enough support to also build to latrines and a kitchen hangar. I was also sent books, toys and games for the children and so the teachers are learning how to incorporate that into their lessons.
Sadly, I must be off and back to site, hopefully I will be more specific with what is going on in the near future.
