We've got lots of fun and interesting stuff going on on Savaii this month!




From the Samoan Observer:

Teachers of the Palauli school district on Savai’i are today better
equipped to establish and run a school library.This is a result of a workshop at
Sili Primary Schoo organised by District School Review Officer (SRO) Masoe
Tufuga Tovia. United States Peace Corps volunteer, Elizabeth Gartley (who is
based in Sili), and Sili Primary School principal Mataafa Telenise.

Teachers from each primary school in the district were in attendance:
Apaula Tito of Gataivai Primary School, Fualole Isaia of Ga’utavai Primary
School, Anarosa Pio of Palauli Primary School, Nafu Aiolupo of Puleia Primary
School, Moana Alafai of Satupa’itea Primary School, and Teuila Iupati of Tafua
Primary School as well as Olevia Sia’a representing Sili Primary School.

“This training is part of our goal to provide quality education,” said Mr.
Masoe Tufuga.

Miss Gartley, a Peace Corps volunteer, led the workshop.
The training included topics such as preparing a library room, how to secure
funding and book donations, organising the library and bookshelves, school
library management, integrating the school library with form classes and
techniques to introducing students of all ages into the school library.

“There are so many more things I now know about organising the library
books and so on,” said Mrs. Fualole Isaia.

From left to right: Nafu Aiolupo, Apaulu Tito, Olevia Sia’a, Fualole Isaia, Anarosa Pio, Moana Alafai, Teuila Iupata, Elizabeth Gartley, and Masoe Tufuga Tovia.

And I've been helping with a seminar "roadshow" traveling to villages around Savaii in an effort to spread the word on healthy lifestyles and prevention of non-communicable diseases, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. You can read more about that here.