Dia da Mulher

Hey there all you readers, especially the ladies...happy women's day all the way from Mozambique!!! I tell you what, these women know how to celebrate! After getting all prettied up with our girls group, we joined everyone at the plaza near the waterfront for an amazing opening ceremony complete with a variety of cultural and musical presentations especially dedicated to female issues. It was so fun to see these women all dressed up, singing and dancing like a bunch of Mozambican divas. Girl power definitely surged all day as ladies strutted their stuff around to different celebrations, programs, and parties. My roomie and I were definitely in the thick of it...tryin to be as Mozambican as possible. Angochian women ate it up! Overwhelmed with amusement that we were participating in the festivities, women we've never spoken with came running up to us to shower us with hugs, kisses, squeals, and compliments. It was pretty cute. After opening ceremonies, we visited a bunch of people in Angoche like students do before prom. In the evening, we went to watch our neighbor play in a women's soccer game and then we went out to party. Hands down, my favorite day in Angoche so far!


Me and my roomie in full garb.



One of our REDES girls. Such cuties!


Viva Mozambicana, VIVA!

Some ladies lookin good.





Colorful crowd, eh?

A lil bump and grind with some Mozambicans...

Ridiculous!

So to tickle those senses of humor that are a little on the less mature side...I would like to share some of the absolutely ridiculously graphic depictions of people with cholera that my students drew. Pretty great if you ask me. I didn't even ask them to draw anything. But at least they got the basics (as you can see). I like to think I drove home the main points about choleral pretty darn well. These are just a select few of the great variety of pieces I recieved. Feel free to vote on your favorite!!!

And to keep with this art theme, I also have to share some of the pretty amusing poetry I've been recieving from students and um admirador secreto.

I would like being your own friend.

In case that allow me.

Female friend as of paper he shreads

Female friend as of class container he broke

Female friend as of iron rust

Female friend equal to you do not exists!!!!

I adore you!!!!!!!!!!

Does have anything than it is to accurate for it say

As you all of it looks not having more felt

than it is to God at the send of one angel

to remain in our side

that angel is you, Erin

Amicability that's a connection humane

than it is to involve knowledge mutual

he may be actual or virtual

and that takes to a esteem

friend they feel in case that alright at the company

actual virtual from the another one

Pretty great huh? I thought so too.