A template for thoughts and experiences surrounding my time volunteering with the Peace Corps as an agroforestry extension agent in Senegal.
Diarra Pont
"Life in the Peace Corps will not be easy. There will be no salary and allowances will be at a level sufficient only to maintain health and meet basic needs. Men and women will be expected to work and live alongside the nationals of the country in which they are stationed—doing the same work, eating the same food, talking the same language.
But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps—who works in a foreign land—will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace."
-John F. Kennedy
But if the life will not be easy, it will be rich and satisfying. For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps—who works in a foreign land—will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace."
-John F. Kennedy
Thursday, August 25, 2011
A few days to go
Two weeks before arrival in Senegal, I received an hugely resourceful email from the director. However, I wish I received it earlier! Relatively simple questions people asked me (i.e. what is agroforestry, what will you be doing, etc), I now have a better ability to answer. I feel like I am in school again with a bunch of literature to read and a language to learn. I would love to leave it all for the plane, but we have a conference call and a language test before our departure to Senegal. On top of packing (which I absolutely have not done), I feel a little behind. Nevertheless, I am doing what I feel is important, and prioritizing friends and family before I leave! Packing has to, and will, get done, even if it done through the night before I fly out. I just hope I've purchased everything I need...
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