We split the classes this week, which worked really well. My slightly smaller class takes place in the hallway and Bethany's more advanced class use the desks to write, in the classroom. We did the first of out monthly mini tests, they generally performed very well, with a few extremes, one very clever girl amazed us with her speed and accuracy whilst Vicheka the boy who's memory was affected by meningitis remembered one flash card. He seems to absorb the vocab quite well in the class and I had hope that the meningitis hadn't effected him as much as anticipated, but it must be his long term memory that is the problem. He also seems to have problems with pronunciation in Khmer and English, which I would be interested to know the cause of.
Bethany went on the home based care visits this week, but she think we may not continue this as the families don't want their neighbors to find out that they are HIV positive, and having westerners going into their homes will make the neighbors suspicious.
We also had a meeting with the Cambodian hospital staff about International Aids day on the 1st. We found it slightly frustrating as the response to most of our ideas was telling us what they had done in previous years. It was nice however to find out that it was not our sole responsibility to organize the day.
I look a bit of a mess at the moment our swim in the reservoir in Siem reip has given me an infected leg, foot, fingers and face. Its really hard to keep wounds clean here as our feet and legs are so exposed, and due to humidity and sweat I assume, they don't scab easily. Gross I know, poor Bethany has to look at me all day. I have started taking antibiotics though so should be back to my gorgeous self soon.
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