I'm never quite sure where to start...so I'll start with an introduction. My name is Rehema (or Hemy) and I will be writing this blog with my friend Lynsey. We are currently in our second year at university studying nursing, and we are about to embark on a two month nursing placement in Malawi. While we are there we are going to run a six week course of health education workshops aimed at adolescent women, focusing on HIV prevention. We choose women as they are the primary care givers and because HIV prevalence continues to increase in women, especially young ones. It was important to us that we do something while we were there to give back to the community as we will learn so much while we are there. What better way than to use our (ever expanding) nursing knowledge. We were lucky enough to win a Magnus Magnusson Award, without this these workshops may not of been possible. I've put this link in incase anyone wants to check out the brochure of this years winners: http://www.gcu.ac.uk/media/gcalwebv2/alumni/MAGNUSSON_AWARDS_2013.pdf
We are expecting this to be a very challenging experience and expect to come home different people. We wanted to set up a blog to document and share our experiences, good and bad, as we will be learning so much about a different culture and way of life that will develop our nursing and life skills. We leave in three days, it's so exciting and nerve wrecking all at once.
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