Stepping Stones Presentations

One of the programs that KMDP (Pentecostal Assemblies of God of Kaberamaido's development organization) is working on is one to combat the spread of HIV in an area near Lake Kyoga.  I've mentioned before how they have groups that are going through the Stepping Stones curriculum, which is a great one.  I had the opportunity to go along and visit the community with some KMDP staff.  They had a big community gathering with all the people participating in Stepping Stones where each group shared about what they're learning.

Completely unrelated to HIV was the random Grey Crowned Crane (Uganda's national bird, by the way) which was living(?) in the area and wandered around through the crowd all day.  See if you can spot it in the picture below.

Here's a more obvious one.

Anyway, the great thing about these presentations was that every group did a very entertaining skit to show things like: the importance of knowing your HIV status, the dangers of risky behavior, and the damage HIV can do to your family.

This guy really enjoyed pretending to be weak and sick (his co-actors literally carried him over on a bicycle) and then flopping around on the ground until he "died" and was carried away at the end of the skit.

Everyone enjoyed the skits immensely and the participants displayed excellent acting abilities.  But not only was it fun, it was also really good to see what they had learned through their groups.