Here's Trinh giving her introduction speech. So nervous, but she did a great job!
Apparently Malians wanted to see American girls play basketball so some PCVs got together and played. Of course, they didn’t know they were playing against Malian men, but, what’s a little surprise here and there. Of course, afterwards there was a men’s game and a women’s game. The women kicked ass!
The information fair was really awesome too. There were stands handing out free condoms with demonstrations of how to use both the male and the female condom. PCVs headed tables giving the facts about contracting HIV/AIDS and asking kids to define themselves using, “I am…” as a beginner. That was a little tougher to convey, but we got some good ones.
This table was dedicated to putting acts, both sexual and non sexual, into the risk categories of contracting HIV/AIDS. I think it was brilliant.
Here's Sarah trying to get Malian kids to define themselves using "I am," "I can," or "I want" as leading statements. She wasn't too thrilled with the outcome, but it's an interesting exercise nonetheless.
It was a really great event and Trinh put a lot of work into it. So, thanks to her for dealing with Mali and thanks to all of the other PCVs who showed up to support the cause.