Back to work...

After 3 weeks of tourism it's been back to normal this week, and work is increasingly frustrating. Against my advice my colleagues decided while I was away to plan in 2 weeks the kind of concert the would take a year to organise in the UK. It eventually became obvious that this wouldn't be possibly, (after I'd been sent to announce it at a town meeting), and the decision was taken to postpone it...by 1week! I remain unconvinced that a week will be long enough to pull everything together, but am sincerely hoping to be proved wrong. Watch this space, hopefully they'll be photos of a successful event on next week's blog!

Meanwhile I'm continuing to work on developing a more strategic approach to harnessing support from local businesses, but it's a challenge when it seems to be a particularly bad year for tourism, Livingstone's main industry. We're hoping to develop the youth centre where I work into somewhere that young people will want to spend their time and are trying to raise money to buy some sports equipment, as well as fit out some consultation rooms where young people can be tested for HIV in an environment where they feel comfortable.

One money-raising initiative that my colleagues have started is setting up a cinema where young people can come to watch world cup matches. Football fever has completely taken over here, as there's a lot of pride that the world cup has come to Africa. Even I'm getting into it a little bit and have watched England disappoint in their efforts! Fingers crossed for the last match...