After the volunteer visit, we had a 2 day HIV project in which we prepared charlas (a 4 hour class) for students at the local colegio. It's a program that every PC volunteer worldwide gets trained in. As you can imagine, it was very awkward teaching sex ed to a group of 26 kids, especially because my group had the youngest kids -- 11 and 12 years old! But they liked us, and we had a decent amount of fun.
We also did a business project on tourism this week, where we visited a few attractions and camped at a balneario, which was basically a fake beach. It was nice, and we played sand soccer and volleyball, which killed our feet but was very fun.
Yesterday we organized a soccer game between the business group and the water & sanitation ("wat san") trainees, who are also in El Paraiso. We all bused into a neutral location and played a full 90-minute game at a stadium. Almost everyone from both groups came, and it was great to see all of them for the first time in a month. Unfortunately, we lost 2-1, but there is a wat san guy who played college soccer and scored both goals, so we feel pretty good about the way we played. I, for one, had never played a full game of soccer in my life. But it was very fun! We are hoping to rematch next weekend.
Other than that, holy week - Semana Santa - is upon us, so there will be activities all week. There was a procession this morning for Palm Sunday that came right by my house. We get Thursday and Friday off, which will be interesting since we are usually so bored on the weekends. Hopefully we will find fun things to do!
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