Preparation week

So, the first week in Mombasa is done. Josefin left and tomorrow we start to work.
This first week has been wonderful, the people from YWCA has greeted us with open arms and they showed almost all the work they do here in Mombasa with surroundings. We visited schools, where they put music, dance and drama in focus of learning and giving out information. We have met groups of women, where YWCA supports them with micro loans so they can expand and grow in their businesses. We met support groups of women infected of HIV/Aids, and we heard a lot of heartbreaking and/but strengthening life stories.
We also shortly met the group of youths we are gonna work with, and we've seen some of their work. And they are great! It's gonna be amazing to work with them and I think we will learn a lot from them as well...
We have been blessed (as they say here) with a guy called Johan (or Johanna, as the say here...) who is an intern from YWCA/YMCA Sweden and he is gonna help us during this two months and he is also gonna try to follow up the work after we (me and Bjorn) left since he is staying another four months!
For me it feels great to have him since Josefin left and it's always a lot of small things that has to be fixed/administrated/documented and so on, that he can help us with so me and Bjorn can focus on what we are here to do!

Other than work, we have been at the beach and in town! The weather is good, not too warm and not cold at all! The water is stupidly warm.. like 30-35 degrees.
We stay at YWCA Likoni which is on the mainland south of Mombasa so we have to take the ferry every time we want to go to town, but it goes all the time and takes 10-15 minutes so it's ok!

The only problem I have so far is that Bjorn is already very suntanned and I'm not...
I'm more "brun utan tvål"...

/Anna