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South Africa
By Harmony | September 4, 2009 | 10:21 am
I’ve been in Nairobi for a while now, and after several weeks of physiotherapy, there doesn’t seem to be a vast improvement in my shoulder. And so, after seeking advice from the Peace Corps office in Washington, D.C., it looks like I am going to South Africa for a second opinion.
Many medical cases are referred to South Africa, I’m told. They are known for superior medical care. I know that I am in good hands.
In my time in Nairobi, I’ve done a few cool things. I visited the Giraffe Center and kissed a twiga (the Kiswahili word for giraffe), spent a weekend at Lake Naivasha/Hell’s Gate and bicycled 30 kilometers to the Gorge, saw the movie District 9 (my first theater movie since arriving in Kenya!), ate lots of pizza and burgers and Indian food and sushi, and otherwise just relaxed and caught up with other PCVs who have traveled through Nairobi for different reasons. I took only a few pictures before my camera ran out of battery; I hope that I can upload a few of them soon.
In other news, we have reinstated the Gender And Development (GAD) Committee in Kenya, with the purpose of empowering girls. The committee was disolved after the election violence in 2007, so we are pretty much starting from scratch. Hopefully, if all goes well, we will hold an event called Camp GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) in April. And guess what? I was elected as the Chairman of the GAD Committee! It’s a lot of work, but I am very excited to be involved and I can’t wait to see this all come together.
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