And summer begins...
It is now officially rainy season in northern Togo. It has brought on a coldness that of us have greatly been missing these past few months. I generally have to put on at least a long sleeve shirt at night if not a sweater. I never thought it would be this way in Africa. In the day it only gets up to maybe 85° at the most. Very pleasent. I even have to use a blanket at night. I never thought would think 73° was cold.
Tonight the new training group is arriving from D.C. It seems so strange to think that I am no longer the youngest group of volunteers in-country. It almost feels like there is this pressure being placed on all of us from my training group to actually be doing something productive. Well, at least for me, I think I have being doing plenty and things are only going to get busier this summer. Summer camps are going on, my soccer torunament is next week and the elections are possibly coming up in August which could causes some changes in service for a while. Hopefully somewhere in there I can get out of this county for the first time. I'll have to first pick which side of the country I want to exit from: Ghana, Benin or Burkina Faso. All have many relaxing things to offer.
As I said, my soccer tournament finially got funding and it starts next Tuesday. I am hoping that all things go smoothly. My homologue Faustin and I have put a lot of work into it espically this past week.
Thursday, I spent the entire day run all over Kara trying to find NGO that fund pump construction projects. Finally by around 4pm I found the UNDP office and got the information I wanted to hear. The organization, with funding from the UN will pay for the entire construction of pumps if the village can collect around $300 just to have in account for possible necasssary repairs. But the community does not have to pay anything for the actual construction. I think this will be the easiest route.
Other than that life has been pretty good here. I celebrated with my cluster mates for Alex's birthday. We had a good time. We had no-bake cheesecake, thanks to my mom (THANKS MOM!!!) I am still loving my village and most of the people I work with. The ones can no longer stand working with I am shortly cutting ties with. Africa is still treating me well, other than a few bouts of sickness.
Keep the letters and emails coming. It has been a little quiet lately. Drop me a line, let me know what is going on!
Tonight the new training group is arriving from D.C. It seems so strange to think that I am no longer the youngest group of volunteers in-country. It almost feels like there is this pressure being placed on all of us from my training group to actually be doing something productive. Well, at least for me, I think I have being doing plenty and things are only going to get busier this summer. Summer camps are going on, my soccer torunament is next week and the elections are possibly coming up in August which could causes some changes in service for a while. Hopefully somewhere in there I can get out of this county for the first time. I'll have to first pick which side of the country I want to exit from: Ghana, Benin or Burkina Faso. All have many relaxing things to offer.
As I said, my soccer tournament finially got funding and it starts next Tuesday. I am hoping that all things go smoothly. My homologue Faustin and I have put a lot of work into it espically this past week.
Thursday, I spent the entire day run all over Kara trying to find NGO that fund pump construction projects. Finally by around 4pm I found the UNDP office and got the information I wanted to hear. The organization, with funding from the UN will pay for the entire construction of pumps if the village can collect around $300 just to have in account for possible necasssary repairs. But the community does not have to pay anything for the actual construction. I think this will be the easiest route.
Other than that life has been pretty good here. I celebrated with my cluster mates for Alex's birthday. We had a good time. We had no-bake cheesecake, thanks to my mom (THANKS MOM!!!) I am still loving my village and most of the people I work with. The ones can no longer stand working with I am shortly cutting ties with. Africa is still treating me well, other than a few bouts of sickness.
Keep the letters and emails coming. It has been a little quiet lately. Drop me a line, let me know what is going on!
posted by Alia at 3:11 AM
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