So, my reasoning for not blogging throughout the trip is very legit; lack of internet!!! OMG there was no internet in the conference rooms (where most of our time was spend), and very limited access to the internet in the hotel rooms. So, what I've decided to do is give a play by play of each day. My blogs will be shorter in length, and will be more interesting to read :-)
Wednesday morning Kurt and I woke up and went to a beautiful Belgian restaurant where Belgian waffles, coffee, and burgers were consumed. It was such a beautiful place! Afterward, we strolled around the city, and headed back to the room to prepare for formal session.
During formal session, we opened the speakers' list and set our topic agenda; 1, 3, 2. Our first topic was increasing healthcare access to women in conflict and post conflict situations. The body divided ourselves up and started our working papers. Maddie and I were in the "African bloc", which focused primarily on education, mother to child transmitting of HIV/AIDS, and establishing mobile health clinics. As a delegate of Guinea, our primary concern was how the mobile clinics would be able to reach the rural areas (primarily tribal territories) where roadways had not been established. The bloc included in the working paper the infrastructure to establish roadways to rural areas to increase healthcare access. We worked with countries such as Senegal, Nomibia, the Central Republic of Africa, etc. (you get the idea). We wrapped up our sessions at 10:30 that evening.
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