When Peace Corps gives you
the a-okay for being invited to a program, applicants begin to anxiously search
the world wide web for anything about their new home. Now lucky for me I got to do this twice… Once
for Guatemala and again for Uganda. At
times you feel like a stalker, coming across blogs, pictures, and articles
about Volunteer’s you haven’t even met yet.
And then sometimes you
stumble across an awesome project idea.
Example. When I was researching about Guatemala I came
across a Volunteer’s blog who had mentioned about visiting her fellow
Volunteers’ sites to gain a greater understanding of the work they do and the
communities they live in. I was hooked
and thought to myself, I want to do this.
Coming to Uganda I found
no such project existing. That is until
my dear friend Jen proposed this to the Peace Corps staff.
Her goal? Visit thirty PCV’s at their respective sites
in thirty days.
Jen traveled the country
high and low and eventually she made her way back to the Southwest to visit me.
Jen came to my site last
Sunday and since it was a weekend we just hung out, talked about her service,
showed her town, and cooked.
Jen is a COS’ing Volunteer
and leaves the country on Wednesday. I
have begged for her to stay and be my roommate, as she has become a dear friend
and support over the past couple of months.
I think her 70-day Europe trip is more enticing than another 17-months
filled with cold showers and malaria hungry mosquitoes.
Jen is now finished with
her project and is spending is last day down in Kabale on Lake Bunyonyi. What a perfect ending to an amazing journey.
I was telling Jen that I
had heard of this project in other countries and she recommended that if I am
interested, to propose this to Peace Corps when I am ready. She said they looked at a Volunteer who had
an active blog and was in good Peace Corps standing.
I think I somehow fit both
of those requirements.
You can read more about
her awesome adventures here: http://therewontbesnowinafrica.blogspot.com/
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