My project will be put on line by Peace Corps staff when they review & OK it. Enshallah! Until then I'm just holding my breath and waiting for a response from them.
The proposal had been e-mailed 2 weeks ago, but the signature page required originals and a lot of travel to get the Ministry of Education approval. Finally got it all together.
As requested by PC I snail-mailed the cover sheet containing original signatures and rubber stamps on Friday. Since it is the holiday of the birthday of the Prophet Mohamed everyhing has been closed and will be until at least March 1, so PC will receive the signature page sometime in the future. Bureaucrats are not known for their speed.
The sands of time move slowly through the glass, as I wait impatiently.
Saturday, March 6, 2010
UPDATE
My project will be put on line by Peace Corps staff when they review & OK it. Enshallah! Until then I'm just holding my breath and waiting for a response from them.
The proposal had been e-mailed 2 weeks ago, but the signature page required originals and a lot of travel to get the Ministry of Education approval. Finally got it all together.
As requested by PC I snail-mailed the cover sheet containing original signatures and rubber stamps on Friday. Since it is the holiday of the birthday of the Prophet Mohamed everyhing has been closed and will be until at least March 1, so PC will receive the signature page sometime in the future. Bureaucrats are not known for their speed.
The sands of time move slowly through the glass, as I wait impatiently.
The proposal had been e-mailed 2 weeks ago, but the signature page required originals and a lot of travel to get the Ministry of Education approval. Finally got it all together.
As requested by PC I snail-mailed the cover sheet containing original signatures and rubber stamps on Friday. Since it is the holiday of the birthday of the Prophet Mohamed everyhing has been closed and will be until at least March 1, so PC will receive the signature page sometime in the future. Bureaucrats are not known for their speed.
The sands of time move slowly through the glass, as I wait impatiently.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Friday, November 27, 2009
ANOTHER 15 MINUTES OF FAME
AARP magazine recently published an article about the Peace Corps
with a profile on yours truly.
Here's the link.
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
NEWS
We had all 8 of us piled into a taxi for our return trip to Emmy's house where we were staying for our training session. It was Ramadan and close to sundown and FOOD for those fasting was riding in our trunk. So everyone was eager to get home. 8 PCVs and a driver were already loaded when another devout fasting Muslim pleaded to join us. He climbed on our laps in the back seat & off we went over hills & valleys,and across streams, laughing & joking. Arriving just before the magic hour, we unfolded from the taxi all 9 of us and went to the trunk for our pizzas only to find 2 more "brothers" in the trunk with our Italian treat
Lo and behold we are finally off and running. October 15 marked the special day we, Brian, Blake and me, had a program at the primary school, MSMOEAT LMDRASA TANANT. We had met with the Director of the Ministry of Education and he was most gracious and gave us immediate authorization to work in all the schools in our towns, and called the permission so we could act at once. Fortunately we met the school's Mudir (principal) at the store and made arrangements to visit is the next day - October 15th! He took us to 6 classrooms where we talked about the 5 critcal reasons for hand washing with soap: Water alone does not kill germs, Washing with soap prevents the spread of germs, The most important times for washing are after using the bathroom and before eating, Children are agents of change and can influence others to use this practice, Many lives are saved, Lots of money is saved. We made our demonstration to 191 students! We plan a follow up next month.
Lo and behold we are finally off and running. October 15 marked the special day we, Brian, Blake and me, had a program at the primary school, MSMOEAT LMDRASA TANANT. We had met with the Director of the Ministry of Education and he was most gracious and gave us immediate authorization to work in all the schools in our towns, and called the permission so we could act at once. Fortunately we met the school's Mudir (principal) at the store and made arrangements to visit is the next day - October 15th! He took us to 6 classrooms where we talked about the 5 critcal reasons for hand washing with soap: Water alone does not kill germs, Washing with soap prevents the spread of germs, The most important times for washing are after using the bathroom and before eating, Children are agents of change and can influence others to use this practice, Many lives are saved, Lots of money is saved. We made our demonstration to 191 students! We plan a follow up next month.
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