Where do I begin?? In my first few days I have had some awesome experiences and met some amazing people. There are so many stories to tell and so many things I want to share already but also lots of things that are going to be really hard for me to write about so to be honest, I probably won't.
I have been going back and forth on how to blog while here in Liberia- whether I share what is going on each day, only highlight important things happening with my volunteer work, share stories of living here, etc. What I think I have decided is that I will not give a day to day run down of what all I am doing but share both volunteer related things and stuff from just being in Liberia. We shall see how this goes. I am already sure that I will not be able to share all my stories, but I will try to do the best I can and some will just have to wait to be told in person (I apologize in advance to those of you that I don't see to see regularly!).
And so it begins....
After arriving and settling in, a meeting was had with all the volunteers here (four others from the states and a Dutch woman, Marleen, who lives here) and the country staff (two men, Macintosh and Cyrus). There is currently a summer program being run three days a week with the girls as they are out of school for break. The three individuals who have been here in Liberia have been running (with 100+ girls!) and now the other volunteers are teaching as well.
Friday I went to the school with everyone. Ah! What an experience. It was awesome to met some of the girls I have seen in pictures or videos such as Morrisline and Angel. I met everyone as a whole group and then lots of girls individually but only have a few names down. The awesome productive part of the day programming wise was getting to talk one-on-one with Marleen who has been doing some individual counseling with a few of the girls. This allowed us to talk about how we saw the psychosocial program being implemented and what it would look like in the school year.
Still lots to be done as far as the program is concerned but we are on the way!
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