On Monday, the Kilimahewa Camp concluded with a day long Health Seminar, spearheaded by Nancy Clutter, the school nurse of Antioch Community High School, a far north suburb of Chicago. It was a day filled with questions, excitement and laughter as both the local Kilimahewa teens and our sponsored students rotated through three workshops: First there was a basic but instructive preventative health screening overseen by Nancy, assisted by the U.S. volunteers and Winnie Masakuya, a pre-med university student whom EdPowerment is financially assisting. Next came a lively nutrition and healthy habits workshop led by Mama Grace, the most enthusiastic health educator in Moshi!
And then, in what was arguably the most hysterical 45 minutes of the day - a circle of stretching, strength training and other exercises led by Kerri Elliott, Jillian Swinford and Baraka, a local high school student and ace soccer player.
And then, in what was arguably the most hysterical 45 minutes of the day - a circle of stretching, strength training and other exercises led by Kerri Elliott, Jillian Swinford and Baraka, a local high school student and ace soccer player.
It was a great day filled with new information for teens to think about in their daily lives and to share with their families and communities. Of course, we had to model what we taught and so lunch included the main groups of the food pyramid - beans (protein), rice (carbs), watermelon and cooked spinach-like greens.
At 3:00 we ended this year's inaugural camp with our campers wearing his or her own tie-dye t-shirts, sporting orange knapsacks provided by Overture (a company where one of our teen volunteers, Kelly Wilson, works) filled with a pen, toothbrush, handouts and some of their own computer printouts.
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