Hi Guys,
I have been in Kombo for a while (the city), it’s the land of internet and wonderful food… Things here are going well; I first came down for leisure but found me engulfed in participating in environmental education for some new volunteers. If you guys remember right, a while back a group of new volunteers came to country and I received an environmental volunteer as a site mate (someone close to me). The village next to mine has a lot of forestry needs and it was great to receive volunteers with those skills. Well, about two weeks or so into her service she got really sick and Peace Corps ended up sending her home but the needs are still there, so I decided to participate in the training. Being a “health community development volunteer in this country is much different than an agforestry volunteer. This week has been jammed packed with a bunch of really useful information that I am found applicable to this country. I am excited to implement these new ideas to my village. Some of them include bee keeping, cashew plantations, creating a solar food dryer for food preservation, ect. I think it is going to good. This week has been great, although I can see myself becoming overwhelmed by hanging out with too many Peace Corps people for so long.
I am here until the 18th of April and then I go back to village so if you want to email me or anything, you can do it and I will be able to get back to you soon.