Long Awaited GREAT day update

I helped out with a concert in Podor at the end of January that supported the fight against HIV/AIDS. There were about 10 of us altogether helping ensure the smoothness of the concert.

We had the Red Cross come and do AIDS testing, two bands, a comedy troupe, and general information about HIV. It was great. There were 61 people that were tested and of those, NO ONE tested positive! Of course, it was probably a self-selected group of individuals that already knew they didn't have the virus, but it was still one of the highest turnouts that the Red Cross had ever seen at an event. It would be great to have a more random sample size, but it is impossible to force people to be tested. I was happy anyways.

The bands were pretty cool and the comedy troupe was well-received by the crowd. Although, I couldn't understand what was being said because it was all in Wolof, it was still pretty cool. It's so true that in order to talk about serious subjects like AIDS, you need to do it with humor here. It makes it less awkward, I think.

I also got a sweet, free t-shirt from the event. It was great and I felt like I had helped people.

Right now, is the West African Invitational Softball Tournament (WAIST) so it's been mayhem. I will update about it when I have more than 10 min to myself! Missssss everyone!