We are past the halfway mark and our new group arrived this morning (eventually). The numbers are slightly down at 24 but we are not complaining as we have changed rooms and its a lot smaller! (read stuffy and hot!)
The plus side however is that this is a much more engaged group who are eager to learn and not in the least bit feisty, there is also no Mr Grumpy! It has been a long day as they are trying to fit the three day programme into two days as many of the trainers are otherwise engaged on the Saturday - us included as we are on home visits with Dr Vincent.
We did have some thunderstorms and heavy rain today but we managed to dodge these on our way to lunch, we are clearly becoming regulars with everyone knowing our drinks order and the hotel knows our room numbers better than Victoria does!
As we said, todays group is 100 times better and the teaching has gone much more smoothly with less overlap than it did when we did it on Monday, they are very impressed by our conversion chart which Victoria just so happened to have in her bag! We even got a role play in which was interesting especially when he said you will continue living till you die!
Tomorrow we have to pack as after the training we head back to Kigali, and Chez Lando ready for our home visits on Saturday which we are looking forward to. We are both very tired, this training lark is exhausting but we have a free evening so hopefully we can get some R&R.
You must be very tired, great to have such a receptive group though. The home visits will be very different to Stourbridge but there will be a person st the centre of it all, just the same. Great to read this blog and see your photos xx
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ReplyDeleteHi Victoria & Julie, great to hear that you have won your audience over and that things are going so well. I am full of admiration for what you are achieving. I'm not sure what to make of a conference on circumcision but if it is to do with fgm anything that helps to raise awareness and prevent such barbarism is to be applauded. Pity you can't see wild Gorillas - bats are a poor substitute! Enjoy the rest of your time in the country and I look forward to hearing about it in more detail.
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