Week 2: Nice and New!
Hello faithful subscribers,
I know you've all been anxiously been awaiting our weekly blog post. We sadly had to say goodbye to our Program Directors, Megan and Shannen, on Tuesday morning. They helped us get situated here in Georgetown and we were sad to see them go. We hope that we make them proud over the course of our initiative!
This week was as busy and exciting as ever! We taught in all of our classrooms for the first time, in 11 different schools and in 29 total classrooms! We mainly had lessons about physical fitness and mental health and introduced QHO as an organization. We really enjoyed getting to know the students and are excited to continue having health-based discussions over the next 5 weeks!
We met with Mrs. Singh, the Private School Coordinator who was happy to meet with us and discuss opportunities of branching out into new schools this year. We also had the chance to meet with Sacchin- who is a member of Prevention of Teenage Suicide (POTS), which is an organization that aims to address, educate and provide resources to students about suicide. We are happy to be working with them this year, as they offer a good resource to students here.
On Thursday morning, we were lucky enough to be invited to the National Television Network of Guyana to introduce ourselves and QHO as we will be appearing on the show weekly to discuss health topics. Keep a lookout for us!
On Friday afternoon, we participated in and facilitated a discussion on mental health at an after school program with students that are involved in the President's Youth Award. Much fun was had!
On our time off, we had the chance to workout in the beautiful gardens close to our accommodation. We are looking forward to the weeks to come!
Signing off,
Tara, Britney, Gwen, and Hannah 💛
I know you've all been anxiously been awaiting our weekly blog post. We sadly had to say goodbye to our Program Directors, Megan and Shannen, on Tuesday morning. They helped us get situated here in Georgetown and we were sad to see them go. We hope that we make them proud over the course of our initiative!
This week was as busy and exciting as ever! We taught in all of our classrooms for the first time, in 11 different schools and in 29 total classrooms! We mainly had lessons about physical fitness and mental health and introduced QHO as an organization. We really enjoyed getting to know the students and are excited to continue having health-based discussions over the next 5 weeks!
We met with Mrs. Singh, the Private School Coordinator who was happy to meet with us and discuss opportunities of branching out into new schools this year. We also had the chance to meet with Sacchin- who is a member of Prevention of Teenage Suicide (POTS), which is an organization that aims to address, educate and provide resources to students about suicide. We are happy to be working with them this year, as they offer a good resource to students here.
On Thursday morning, we were lucky enough to be invited to the National Television Network of Guyana to introduce ourselves and QHO as we will be appearing on the show weekly to discuss health topics. Keep a lookout for us!
On Friday afternoon, we participated in and facilitated a discussion on mental health at an after school program with students that are involved in the President's Youth Award. Much fun was had!
On our time off, we had the chance to workout in the beautiful gardens close to our accommodation. We are looking forward to the weeks to come!Signing off,
Tara, Britney, Gwen, and Hannah 💛