Teaching Personal Communal Health classes at the Anne Nehma Memorial school of nursing and midwifery is the most challenging project I've taken on during my service. There are no textbooks for the class, the most relevant material having been printed in 1967, and it took me over a month to find someone who had notes I could use as a guide. I then spend hours each week researching topics like hookworm, constipation, latrine structure, and waste disposal to try to create in-depth, relevant lesson plans and sound like I know what I'm talking about. Fridays, I'm at the school all day, teaching two, 2-hour classes, constantly moving, writing, and asking questions trying to keep students engaged during their 7am-6pm day. It's also one of the most rewarding. I get to work with the same group of students every week, and these students are the future of Uganda's healthcare. I get to introduce hands-on activities and new ways of teaching. Today in our class, set 6 had their first experience with trying meditation as we talked about relaxation and mental health. In set 5, wrapping up a section on mosquitoes and malaria prevention, students learned how to repair mosquito nets. I watched as one student (the one sleeping in this photo) who believed she didn't know how to sew and couldn't participate, pick up needle and thread 5 minutes later with the help of another student and surprised herself by completing the task like the rest of her peers. Yes it's a challenge, whether it be lack of sewing skills, or feeling way over your head teaching a class, but sometimes, you might just surprise yourself. #nurse #midwife #stompoutmalaria #netrepair #health #pch #uganda #peacecorps #peacecorpsuganda #howiseepc