Health and Wellness: Stay Healthy. Stay strong.

This morning when we got to Moding we went up on stage in front of the entire to student body to give a health presentation. We delivered a powerpoint presentation that covered topics including malaria, the importance of clean water, prevention of STDs, and the origin of AIDS. We also discussed abortion and homosexuality. As our powerpoint flew by much quicker than we had planned, there was plenty of time for the students to ask questions. Can you get malaria from the rain? Can you get AIDS by kissing? There were some tough questions and others that seemed to be asked for laughs. Are there any situations in which Christians do not think it is bad to get an abortion? How do Christians in America feel about gay marriage? What are the disadvantages of abstinence? We gave much deliberation and mostly honest answers to each question. One thing that stood out during the discussion was that while the Moding boys were willing to ask questions and even joke, the girls did not feel so comfortable and stayed quiet. Though these were difficult topics for us to talk about in front of hundreds of other teenagers we took them seriously and I hope helped the Moding students to do the same.

We took a tea break and then headed to the laboratory to be taught by some of the Moding students. The first class was on the tools and equipment used in agriculture. Apparently the three students teaching the class had underprepared because they explained the purpose of a hammer to us in great detail and then demonstrated the use of a handsaw to us by cutting a twig. The next class was a physics lab on light refraction. For this we split up into groups with the Moding students to get the data. In this class we saw the Moding students work hard to get the right answers and to understand the lab.

Before the third class we took a break for a lunch of rice and beans. The break also included a hunt among the EHS group for the white chicken that Leo's homestay host had given to him. This proved difficult because there were actually many white chickens strutting their way around the campus. Finally successful, we went back to the laboratory for a chemistry class. Two Moding students taught us how to test food for glucose and carbs. This was interesting because, unlike at EHS where every student would try the experiment, only the two students teaching used the bunsen burner and the other students just watched. After chemistry we went to the faculty room to collect the chicken and to have coffee and eggs before returning to Amagoro.

 

- Mary Robert