Baba Ndogo
Today I taught at the Baba Ndogo school. It was a little rough – the children were young and didn’t understand much English and partway through teaching I completely lost my voice, but we made it work and had fun with it. The real highlight of my day was spending the morning with Robert. Robert is the CHE (Community Health Expert) from the Baba Ndogo school. His job is to educate the community on how to live healthy lives. I was able to attend the group that he is training. I found it fascinating the basic concepts that needed to be taught. Things like boiling water and washing utensils…so simple to my American mindset. The group he led was great…8-10 young adults that were very interested in learning. I asked him how he motivated them to come and his only response was that “God motivates them. There is nothing that I can do to motivate them.” His teaching was great and I thoroughly enjoyed his class. Health, he taught, is fourfold. It is harmony in the four relationships of a person’s life: God, self, others, and environment. How true this is, yet how often I forget about all those relationships except self. Health is not just a physical condition; it is mental as well as spiritual. How much healthier would we be if this is how we taught in America?
Today I taught at the Baba Ndogo school. It was a little rough – the children were young and didn’t understand much English and partway through teaching I completely lost my voice, but we made it work and had fun with it. The real highlight of my day was spending the morning with Robert. Robert is the CHE (Community Health Expert) from the Baba Ndogo school. His job is to educate the community on how to live healthy lives. I was able to attend the group that he is training. I found it fascinating the basic concepts that needed to be taught. Things like boiling water and washing utensils…so simple to my American mindset. The group he led was great…8-10 young adults that were very interested in learning. I asked him how he motivated them to come and his only response was that “God motivates them. There is nothing that I can do to motivate them.” His teaching was great and I thoroughly enjoyed his class. Health, he taught, is fourfold. It is harmony in the four relationships of a person’s life: God, self, others, and environment. How true this is, yet how often I forget about all those relationships except self. Health is not just a physical condition; it is mental as well as spiritual. How much healthier would we be if this is how we taught in America?
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