Wednesday, October 29, 2008

My 10 o'clock meeting with the two key administrators turned into 5 hours of running up and down the epic hill, having impromptu conversations with a variety of staff members and stakeholders. I filled in the dead time by hanging out with the residents, many of whom I know from last summer. The smiles on their faces when then recognized me was pretty much the best feeling in the world.

I am doing three projects:

1. Visual Literacy and Communication with the Alternative Education Programme Students (10 boys)
2. Visual Literacy and Communication with the Transition Girls, with the intention to subtly encourage working out issues from their pasts. (6 girls)
3. A Programme Assessment in the style of Photovoice with the Transition Boys who live in Barataria, which is a 'burb. (9 boys)

One of the initial challenges is scheduling that ensures all of the residents in each group are able to participate and that everyone gets a fair amount of time with the cameras. The next few days include further ironing out the scheduling, beginning work on how to roll out visual literacy in this context and pitching the idea to staff in a way that leads to understanding and enthusiasm.

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