Bethany and her mom Ramney. Peace Corps volunteers used to be in Soubeira 10 years ago and when they were they lived with Ramney. When Bethany arrived in village, she was sure to let her know that she was welcome into their family! The older volunteers still send her post cards and she showed us her many photo albums from their time together.
Bethany scheduled a malaria lesson with children at the clinic. Here 66 children and women from the village gathered to play games to learn about malaria transmission and prevention.
Fynn Myllr and Edith Suarez teach Madi a malaria game similar to chutes and ladders. For example, when you sleep under a mosquito net, you get to move up a ladder. If you keep fresh water in your courtyard uncovered, you go down the chutes and get malaria!
Leanne, Fynn, Edith and Bethany explain to the kids why it is important to sleep under a mosquito net.
Leanne is teaching the kids about mosquito net usage and how it can prevent malaria by playing a game. The kids all squeeze under the net to show that you can fit almost four people under one mosquito net, and because of the Ministry of Health mosquito net campaigns in Burkina Faso, there is no reason that anyone should not be sleeping under one.
Here the volunteers are teaching the kids a game about the transmission of malaria. Similar to sharks and minnows, the kids have to run from one end of the yard to the other. If you are tagged by a "mosquito" you get malaria and become infectious.
After playing with the kids, the volunteers made cheese (as a true Minnesota hostess would do) and watched a movie to wind down and prepare for their final day of the tour.
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