Mexican in Mozambique

This past weekend, Peace Corps volunteers throughout Mozambique organized regional English Theater Competitions. In my province, we had 10 schools participate and present pieces with the shared theme: “The choice is mine, the future is ours.” My JUNTOS group prepared a piece and presented it at the competition. JUNTOS is another secondary project here in Mozambique that engages youth in positive behavior change through various art forms; some groups are involved in journalism, photography, photojournalism, music, theater, and a variety of other activities. Although my group did not place, I think it was a good experience for them to be a part of and I hope it motivates them to practice harder for next year.  Presenting the jury Dombe put on an amazing piece! My Kids:

A few months ago, I ran in the national elections for the upcoming leadership of REDES and I was elected National Coordinator. REDES is one of our secondary projects and its something that I have been involved with during my time here.  On the 7 th , I traveled up with my site mate Anna (she is the National Financial Coordinator) to Nampula for the REDES Handover. The Handover was a two day event in which we met with last year’s leadership and five Mozambican facilitators to discuss and plan the direction in which we want to take REDES in. We planned out the upcoming year and set out a timeline for the things we want to accomplish. One of the bigger goals for this upcoming year is trying to legalize REDES as a non-profit. To be honest, I was kinda overwhelmed throughout this whole process. There was a lot of information thrown at us and at one point I thought, “what did I sign myself up for?! Coming into this position was nerve wrecking from the start due to the si...