On the move again!

The CGE crew is on the move again, even though we have really only been at the house for maybe a week and a half, I think we are all really excited to get to Swakupmund. The car ride is about four hours, we leave tomorrow afternoon after class. Apparently it is fairly cold (by this I mean 60-70 degrees, really not anything to complain about - but it is such an adjustment to make!) Some of the things that are on the schedule for this upcoming weekend: going to a fish factory (we get to wear stylish protective suits), an Export Processing Zone (very excited about this because of all of the critiques I have learnt), and climbing a dune. And then of course my sea kayaking! I am excited to see more of Namibia, now that I am feeling that Windhoek is more familiar.
I am having trouble defining my role and project at my internship, but have definitely been giving a lot of thought to the Namibian and South African educational system since being here, and definitely after the time spent at FHS thus far. I would like to see a formal school, because FHS works as an enrichment and remedial program. It is very hard for me to see 13 and 14 year old boys that have never had formal schooling, and are working hard to get in to an educational system that doesn't have the resources or ability to help them. I have been thinking a lot about my role within educational systems that leave so many children with no opportunities. I haven't come up with any answers yet! But this article was recently in the NYT (I am very grateful for any time I have to check the news), it sums up the obstacles facing the South African educational system: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/world/africa/20safrica.html?_r=2&ref=global-home
Another note is that this upcoming week I am doing the academic blog that all students have to do twice during the semester, and which counts towards our class grades. It's a little behind because the posts have to be graded before they're posted, but it gives you an idea of what we're doing academically: http://cgenamibia.blogspot.com/
I was going to post a photo as a reward for all of the reading, but it didn't work. But I did update my Picasa website, and will have photos of Swakup soon!