Ready for the next step

The last couple of weeks the group has been doing research and interviews about HIV in the nearby HTA’s (High Transmitted Areas). The members have been on their own, getting familiar with the video cameras and meeting people in the streets and at the local bars. We have had several screenings (at our fantastic new tv!) and there is no doubt that we are ready to move on to the next step of the filmmaking process. Everybody is confident with the video cameras, so now we can go on to choose our main characters and plan the most important elements of our film. Hopefully we will be able to start recording next week.

Bongodox party
After spending my Easter at the beautiful beaches of Zanzibar with my mother, I returned to Kibisi to have a great party at the campsite for the members of Bongodox and their families. It was African slow cooking from the early afternoon, preparing delicious local dishes at the fireplace, and enough food to leave even the most hungry men full for days. Some said it was the

best meal they have had for years.

And of course, no party without dancing! As soon as people finished eating, everybody was at the dance floor. Fifty people, old and young, dancing as if this was

the most important thing in their lives. An incredible and wonderful experience!

This was definitely not the last Bongodox party.