Thursday May 19th
Nairobi
I will probably say this for the next couple blogs so be prepared. We started out the day the same as usual: breakfast, walk to school, and then Swahili class. Today in Swahili class I learnt more conversation basics like saying goodbye which is "kwaheri". We also learnt two ways to ask people their names which is "Jina lako ni nani" and "wewe unaitwa nani" to which you respond either "Jina langu yourname" or mimi ninaitwa yourname." Then we had a lecture on Health Management Information Systems (HMIS) by Peter Kithuka. his lecture was interactive as he reviewed as he went along and it was very organized. We defined Health Management Information Systems through a process of breaking down the words and defining them which I liked. HMIS is the implementation of the components of working together to collect, analyze, and disseminate information for planning, monitoring, and evaluating health care. I thought this was a cool job as it reminds me alot about what I learnt in my Nonprofit Management course like identifying the key players and using a logic model. I later met with a professor in the School of Public Health to discuss my paper more and he gave me some interesting perspective on the topic.
After lunch we travelled to Bomas of Kenya which is cultural exhibition of the different dance forms of the 42 tribes in Kenya. We saw about 15-20 different dance performances. My two favorites were the acrobats and the Samia Marriage Ceremony. They then assigned us a tour guide who showed us the different villages and the different homes or Boma (the Swahili word that means homestead). I enjoyed seeing the homes. Mos of them were organized the same though the materials that made each houses in the villages varied. They had about 3 wives hut, the first wives being the largest. Then, there was a husband hut, a son's hut, and a mother's hut. Each wives hut based on some of the tribes had a granary or food storage place. We then passed through a mini market and bought some stuff.
We then proceeded to go home for a class review and the plans for the weekend debrief.
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