Hi everyone!
I finally have some more internet time and I wanted to say Happy Thanksgiving! I hope you all had a great holiday. I didn't have your traditional celebration. Instead one of the other Peace Corps Volunteers, my host sisters, one of their boyfriends and I spend all day yesterday baking and then had an epic feast for dinner. Everything we made burned terribly in the oven, but we managed to still have a good time. After our feast we were treated to an accordian recital by my host sister and then looked at photos for a long while. It was a great day! We were joking that it was very similar to the first Thanksgiving in that we were strangers trying to figure out how to live in a new place and the "natives" helped us find our way. I must say that it was a really good thanksgiving eventhough I did miss Pumpkin pie (my favorite kind of pie I'll have you know).
Other than that I have about two more weeks of training so everything is pretty hectic right now. There is lesson planning to be done and language testing and teaching demonstrations, oh my. I am really going to miss the place that I live now when I have to move. I really love the people that I've met and would love to stay here for the rest of the two years. Sadly that won't be happening. On to new adventures. I still have two weeks to enjoy though. I'll make them good : )
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I am COO of Water Charity, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that does water, sanitation, and public health projects worldwide. We recently started a new initiative, Appropriate Projects, to fund small water and sanitation projects very quickly.
ReplyDeleteI am a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Bolivia ’66-’68), and am well aware of the difficulties Volunteers face in the field. Appropriate Projects is an addition to our regular Water Charity model that is allowing us to provide project resources to PCVs in the field immediately.
Often there is that little project that must be done now (before the rains start, before school begins, or in response to a critical need), but there are no funds available. Traditional funding sources are cumbersome, and there are long forms, detailed requirements, limited resources, and long delays.
PCVs working in water and sanitation usually have potential projects lined up. For those working in other program areas, there may be water components to their projects, or improvements needed where they work or teach.
Sample projects may be: a rainwater catchment, handwashing stations for a school, water for a clinic, piping, tanks, pumps, sinks, latrines, wells, etc.
We like to “finish” projects that have been started, and “fix” things that have ceased to function.
We encourage follow-up projects that expand upon the successful completion of the first small project.
If you have a project in mind, please fill out the application form. We want this to be easy for you, so we have developed a simple form that you can fill out in one sitting.
If you have any questions about the appropriateness of your project, or you need some time to get it together, just let us know.
We pre-fund projects, so you don’t have to wait around for donations to roll in.
If you do not have a project that qualifies, please pass this message on to your fellow Volunteers who may have an interest. Finally, if this initiative resonates with you, please let others know what we are doing through your social networks, websites, and blogs.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Averill Strasser
Appropriate Projects
http://appropriateprojects.com
Water Charity
http://watercharity.org
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ReplyDeletethat accordion concert sounds sweet, you should definitely pick up some crazy instrument or talent from there. so good to talk to you today =) i miss you soooo much. look out for those terrible men with terrible cars.. and the charging cows!