So I know I've been writing only about every 3 days lately, and it's only been a day since I wrote last, but I felt the need to write this today.

For EWB, we had 2 guest speakers today, Bill & Karen Butt, who have been living in Mozambique for the past 8.5 years. It was super-interesting, and I can't even imagine some of the lifestyle there - a lot of their work is with AIDS education. Teaching people new skills, and getting them to use these skills to teach others about AIDS. The other main thing, that Karen mainly does, is work with young girls. Teaching them new skills, in order to boost their confidence. A lot of them have such low self-esteem that they don't stay in school, they sleep around A LOT and thus, obviously are more susceptible to AIDS/STDs. Also, a lot of them used to get married by age 12. However, with Karen's work, a lot of them are now staying in school, and are doing things that will help them. It's wonderful! But still, some of the pictures & stories they told are scary - things I could never imagine here in Canada!

Another point they brought up was global warming. Here in Canada, obviously we hear about it, but really, I don't see much effect of it, other than the warmer weather this winter. However, in places like Mozambique, they border the Indian Ocean I believe, and the ocean is so hot, that the water evaporates, but then it doesn't cool down enough to condense & rain, so they have major draught b/c of global warming! As such, the women who walk like 5km to get water for their families every day now could have an extra 3km to walk, and there's not nearly as much water.

Wow. Just wow. I'm learning so much from EWB this term - it's amazing. Scary, but amazing.