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Monthly Archives: January 2011
Forty Thieves Another Day
Focus groups continue to be successful. Yesterday evening I met with a group of secondary students at a private boarding school for girls. It was really fun. The girls were very interested in the discussion, and I got some really … Continue reading
Posted in family, personal reflection, travel
Tagged camel ride, camel rides, detail, diani beach, face, forty thieves, private boarding school, ride, snap, yesterday
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Focus Group Discussion Success!
Earlier in the day we went to visit a literacy and education class for women in a village named Mwachombe. It was really cool. These women are learning how to read and write and do mathematics. Our church, VCF, helps … Continue reading
Posted in behavior change, HIV/AIDS, personal reflection, rural Kenya
Tagged class, Discussion, education class, focus group discussion, literacy, literacy efforts, morning, rural women, Senya, vcf
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SHUT IT DOWN.
You win, IRB. Today we went to a primary school without Terry; she has been staying behind lately as she gets more and more tired due to pregnancy. This poses some challenges because there are only three of us on … Continue reading
Sail on
I woke up this morning and I found out that I did not get the Fulbright. Gasp, I know. Whenever you read the words “I regret to inform you†in the beginning of a letter and then “please do not … Continue reading
A quick post before bed
Terry suggested that we take the day off today because we had to work last Saturday. She noticed that yesterday Senya seemed exhausted by the end of the work day (she sprang to life as soon as it was just … Continue reading
Posted in personal reflection
Tagged bed, fun, intents and purposes, saharan east, Senya, social norm, Today, veggie burgers, work
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Seven months of Senya
We spent the day doing questionnaires in two more schools, but the most noteworthy fact about today is that it is Senya’s 7 month birthday. This girl is so precious, and I love knowing her and being her mom. I … Continue reading
Posted in family
Tagged birthday, minor chords, music, new experiences, new sensations, person, sand, Senya, speeding train, work
10 Comments
Sitting Sen and Collin’s Night to Shine
Today we went to a secondary school, and I wanted Collin to take a turn at leading on the questionnaire; I was happy to get to take the lead on caring for Sen. So, I volunteered to take Senya outside … Continue reading
Posted in behavior change, family, HIV/AIDS, personal reflection, rural Kenya
Tagged AIDS, blade of grass, having sex with a virgin, hiv aids, literature, mango, mango tree, popular belief, pressure, sex
2 Comments
Saturday
I had intended to write a pretty detailed blog post last night about my experience conducting the questionnaires for the second time. After our full day, however, I ended up falling asleep with Senya while putting her to bed only … Continue reading
Posted in behavior change, family, personal reflection, travel
Tagged condom use, impressive experience, jot down, ocean, precise explanation, Senya, sex, straight faces, work, yesterday
16 Comments
Research for Real
Today was a full day of work here, and it felt great to get so much done! Collin did a really nice job at articulating some details of our work day at collinandlindsayinkenya.blogspot.com There was a very nice rainstorm this … Continue reading
Posted in behavior change, family, personal reflection
Tagged fun, health, heavy rain, low self esteem, negative impression, rainstorm, roof, thatched roof, work
11 Comments