Another volunteer, Brittany, who lives not too far from me in Shumen, held an HIV/AIDS training course at the Bulgarian Red Cross for Peace Corps Volunteers and Bulgarian Red Cross student volunteers. It was a one day thing on Monday January 31st since it was the end of the semester holiday and the teacher volunteers wouldn't have to miss class. I headed over there on Sunday night and met up with everyone for dinner, there are three PC volunteers living in Shumen and collectively they managed to house everyone.
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| Peace Corps and BRC Volunteers |
Brittany gave a presentation about the Bulgarian Red Cross, their programs in Shumen, and what our local chapters may be able to help us with. Then we played a few games that we can use in our various schools to teach the students about HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention.
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| The presentation |
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| HIV/AIDS Game 2 |
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HIV/AIDS Game 3
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Two staff members from the PC office in Sofia came too. They brought a lot of materials for us to use in our schools for sex ed and HIV/AIDS awareness, and a book specifically for the teachers that is all in Bulgarian, which I imagine will be the most useful. I am planning to meet with the municipal education coordinator this week and talk about what schools would be the most receptive to doing an awareness day with me. The school in Avren is small and does not include high school age students, but the next town over does and that is where I think I have a chance of making this happen. I know the director there and she is open to me coming down there and doing stuff with the kids, the question is whether or not any teacher will help me out with this subject since I will need a fluent Bulgarian speaker.
We shall see.
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