Here's my address during training.....write/send things to me!
PCT Sandy Halasz
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 299
Thies, Senegal
West Africa
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Friday, September 15, 2006
Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Well folks, here it is. A blog from yours truly. Pretty exciting, eh? I've never blogged before, so you'll have to bear with me while I figure out what to write. I guess it will probably be easier once I actually get to Africa, which will be in about two weeks! Ahh! I'm pretty excited for it, but it's just kinda scary that I leave so soon. Until then I'll pretty much be at home hanging out.
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm leaving on September 18th to go to Senegal with the Peace Corps. Senegal is on the northwest coast of Africa, and is actually only 4 hours ahead of the East coast time wise. It's also one of the most politically stable African countries, which is very comforting. I'll be doing Small Enterprise Development, which is really vague but basically means I'll be helping out local small businesses in any way I can. We have 8 weeks of training in a city called Thies (I'll be with a group of volunteers who will all be in Senegal), where we will live with a host family. In training we'll learn French (the national language) and another dialect, along with some "technical training" specific to our jobs. After training I'll move to another city/town, where I will live for most of the rest of my time in Senegal. I do not know the specific city/town yet. I do not know if there will be any other volunteers in my town, and I do not know if I will have electricity. But I'm ok with that, it will be an adventure! Hopefully I'll have semi-regular access to the internet, and I'm also hoping to buy a cell phone. Otherwise, I'll be writing letters and sending them the old fashioned way. Keeping in touch with family and friends back home is going to be very important to me, because I know the next two years will be very challenging and frustrating at times. Communicating with people back home will keep me sane! I don't have a mailing address yet, but I will let you know once I do. That's all I can think of for now. Sorry if I rambled a lot....but I'm sure it will happen again!
For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm leaving on September 18th to go to Senegal with the Peace Corps. Senegal is on the northwest coast of Africa, and is actually only 4 hours ahead of the East coast time wise. It's also one of the most politically stable African countries, which is very comforting. I'll be doing Small Enterprise Development, which is really vague but basically means I'll be helping out local small businesses in any way I can. We have 8 weeks of training in a city called Thies (I'll be with a group of volunteers who will all be in Senegal), where we will live with a host family. In training we'll learn French (the national language) and another dialect, along with some "technical training" specific to our jobs. After training I'll move to another city/town, where I will live for most of the rest of my time in Senegal. I do not know the specific city/town yet. I do not know if there will be any other volunteers in my town, and I do not know if I will have electricity. But I'm ok with that, it will be an adventure! Hopefully I'll have semi-regular access to the internet, and I'm also hoping to buy a cell phone. Otherwise, I'll be writing letters and sending them the old fashioned way. Keeping in touch with family and friends back home is going to be very important to me, because I know the next two years will be very challenging and frustrating at times. Communicating with people back home will keep me sane! I don't have a mailing address yet, but I will let you know once I do. That's all I can think of for now. Sorry if I rambled a lot....but I'm sure it will happen again!
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