So, I grudgingly did 16 miles this morning... not the best run I've had in my life. It is hot here and I ran out of water 3/4 of the way through my run, so the last bit was painful, but at least it is done.
In other bad news, I have quite the rash on my thighs and a bit of my torso. It's not painful or itchy, which is good, but annoying nonetheless.
On to good news! Obama changed the Bush "gag-rule" on abortion funding: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/23/obama.abortion/index.html.
Things are going well and the weekend has been relaxing thus far. I finished my book (Three Musketeers) and am moving on to Anna Karenina and GMAT studying - woohoo! Karonga is quiet and even though the guest house I'm at has satellite TV, I haven't really been watching, so I've had time to rest and catch up on reading and podcasts. A uranium mine has just opened here and one of the geologists for the mine is living at the guest house I'm staying at - he said the other night "You have to make your own fun here" and he's right, but I've been succeeding thus far.
I'm about half way through my time here, and I still have a lot of work to do, but feel that I have already accomplished quite a bit. This weekend I'm starting to compile information from the interviews I've done this far, and it is inspiring that the people who are working as CBDAs are so proud to be in that role. It is a leadership role in the community, but few cite that. Many have told me that they feel a responsibility to share knowledge about HIV prevention and family planning. They are confident that using FP methods will help people be healthier, better off financially, and, in some ways, happier. This is the mission that drives them, and they are happy to give their time freely to promote healthy behaviors. Only 1-2 have mentioned that it would be nice to be paid, and others have said that they would like to have more volunteers so they could have more impact or more commodities to distribute.
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