Thursday, August 7, 2008

Mokolodi Game Park

AHHH, another wonderful day in beautiful Botswana. The weather is very nice with clear skies and temperatures in the 40's F in the morning and 70's F in the afternoon. Since it is winter here the days are short with sunrise at about 7AM and sunset at 6PM. Today (Wednesday) we had a relaxing day in the Mokolodi Game Park. The group from the Dawson school was joined by 3 students from GSS and one student from Raseura English Medium, Dr. Mary Galinski and Tommie Hamaluba. At the park we were driven through the park in an open air truck with benches in the back. The countryside is beautiful. We saw many impala's, wart hogs, Kudu and the most exciting was a pair of white rhino's. There were many beautiful birds and we had a "bush lunch" alongside a lake in the park . Everyone had a great time and took a lot of pictures. The students from Botswana and America are getting to know each other very well and making new friends everyday! Tonight there is a retirement dinner for Mr. Max Mophuting the headmaster of GSS and a good friend of the Dawson School. Tommie, Bill, and Mary will attend this while the students enjoy the evening with their host families.
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Bill and everyone!
It is so good to hear about your adventure and see the pictures. Hope the bus trip north is fun and not too long.

Marc and Cathy

August 9, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Tommie Hamaluba said...

Thanks March and Cathy,

The bus to the north will be about 10 hours and will be fun and enjoyable. The roads in Botswana are excellent!

Cheers,

Tommie Hamaluba
Host programme coordinator

August 9, 2008 at 1:53 PM

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Students Collaborate to Fight Malaria in Botswana

The Tsao Village will be the site for the 3rd annual Malaria Eradication Campaign conducted by the Gaborone Secondary School (GSS) and the Alexander Dawson School (ADS). The first campaign was in the village of Gumare in the Okavango Delta region and last year was Lesoma village in the Chobe region of Botswana. Tsao is also in the Okavango region where the incidence of malaria is very high and most people cannot afford the cost of a mosquito net for their beds.

Malaria is a disease that can be prevented with education, nets and medicine. The students from GSS and ADS, along with their teachers Tommie Hamaluba and Bill Meyers, will distribute nets and discuss methods to prevent this terrible disease as they go house to house through the village.

We hope that you will follow the campaign postings on this blog and participate with us by adding your comments.