Sorry for the radio silence lately. Here is a link to pictures from the Youth Conference (JOMA) in Chimoio and of a get-together at the beach with some international aid workers (many of whom are former PC volunteers!). Meeting them was not only a great way to relax, but also bolstered my desire to do overseas work. Enjoy the pictures!
http://www2.snapfish.com/share/p=89461210078245793/l=373198598/g=35776459/otsc=SYE/otsi=SALB
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
There is a God...
After months of arguing with TDM and waiting (there is a lot of waiting in Peace Corps, I'm learning), this week we finally set my office up with internet. Internet!!! Can't you believe it? We start classes next week on what the internet is and how we can use it as a tool for our daily lives. I figure by the end of our tutorial I will have everyone with a MySpace page, a Facebook page, and addicted to YouTube.
Nah, this is actually a big step forward for them. Not only can we apply for grants online, but we can research information on health and agriculture and hopefully open their minds to the wealth of information that is in the world. Everyone is excited, although most aren't sure exactly what they are excited about. They just know that the cities have Internet and now we do too. Pretty swanky, huh?
I was kinda giving myself a little grief this week about how this will make my experience less "Peace Corps" but the more I thought about it, the more I realized something. While the overall principles of President Kennedy's Peace Corps have remained the same, the tools we use to accomplish those goals have evolved. Nothing wrong with that, it's just life. I mean, we all do our jobs differently then they would have been done 20 years ago. Hell, some of us are doing jobs that didn't even exist 20 years ago!
I have to go now though. I checked my e-mail about 12 times, but I want to check one more time...just in case.
LU,
Z
Nah, this is actually a big step forward for them. Not only can we apply for grants online, but we can research information on health and agriculture and hopefully open their minds to the wealth of information that is in the world. Everyone is excited, although most aren't sure exactly what they are excited about. They just know that the cities have Internet and now we do too. Pretty swanky, huh?
I was kinda giving myself a little grief this week about how this will make my experience less "Peace Corps" but the more I thought about it, the more I realized something. While the overall principles of President Kennedy's Peace Corps have remained the same, the tools we use to accomplish those goals have evolved. Nothing wrong with that, it's just life. I mean, we all do our jobs differently then they would have been done 20 years ago. Hell, some of us are doing jobs that didn't even exist 20 years ago!
I have to go now though. I checked my e-mail about 12 times, but I want to check one more time...just in case.
LU,
Z
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