Tuesday, 18 March 2014

WEEK ONE

This was mainly getting to learn on mental health conditions, use of social media as a platform to create awareness on mental health conditions and the current mental health policy, challenges and legislation in the country.

Peaks:

Ø  Muita: Making new friends, and getting to ‘POX’ ourselves into Sitawa’s interview by Sarah Kimani for a South African media house
Ø  Ann: Coming to work on Friday despite the fact that the transport industry was paralyzed.
Ø  Emily: getting paid, taking photo with Sitawa’s, learning the shortcut to town
Ø  Carol: Being able to join the team on Friday, after missing two days of bonding, a chance to be on T.V and eating mandazi.

Pits:
Ø  Muita: When Carol called me like a million times and she had to leave 
Ø   Emily: getting a nickname, car strike.
Ø  Ann: Getting unwell on Friday and later having a seizure when I reached home.
Ø  Carol: Talking to Ann about her seizures and the dread that she would have one after Friday’s meeting(which she did *sob)
 P.S = Our facilitator/teacher/,mentor is the very lovely Miss Sitawa Wafula yeeeeey :-) 








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