Swakopmund Update

Since Vadim has left Agnes and I have worked non-stop. We have had some difficulty with work placements not giving the volunteers enough to do, which in turn causes them to come to us for work! That gets complicated and problematic as we have our work to do, so coordinating and supervising activities for the participants can get a little crazy!

In any case there are a few projects that we have begun that need to be completed. Such as our painting project in the DRC(the most impoverished community of Swakopmund)where we have been painting huge containers that are used for a community soup kitchen to provide food for the community's children and sick. Another project we have started is a mural project along a busy main road in town, we painted messages related to the HIV/AIDS epidemic here in Namibia. There is a 20% infection rate, which is alarmingly high for such a developed country. Tomorrow we are working on a vegetable garden for the "House of Safety" where another work placement where 2 volutneers are working.

Only 4 weeks of work placements to worry about, as next week we will start our 2 week midproject trip to the North, where we are doing a couple outdoor work camps with the Ministry of Enivornment!