The GSS and Dawson students that will travel to Tsau village met for the first time today to plan the trip. There will be 7 students from GSS and 2 from Dawson making the trip. The group discussed the malaria information that they will convey to people in the village during the campaign. They also set up a mosquito net so that they will feel comfortable demonstrating this to people when they are in their homes. Once we had covered the malaria information we discussed the program for the Kjotla (village meeting). Everyone was assigned a responsibility for the program and we discussed how the GSS students would have to translate for the Dawson speakers since many people in the village only speak Setswana. The students then divided themselves into the groups that will travel together distributing nets and educating the people during the campaign. Lastly we worked out the logistics for sleeping and eating in the campground where we will be staying in Maun. The campground has tents with cots in them that accommodate two people and a fire pit where we can cook dinner. When we were finished we all went for a walk in town to get some air and then back to the school for lunch. It was a great day and we are all excited to leave tomorrow for the trip north!
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