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Slow month
August has gone by quickly but, as far as work is concerned, has been pretty slow. Two weeks ago I went to the capital for (another) fair, this one was for FIPA (the investment fund for environmental protection) projects- various organizations received loans to do environmental projects including organic production, renewable energy, water conservation and others. The Association had received a loan to build our ecologic beneficiado where we depulp and process coffee. It was interesting to see other projects and I made some good contacts that will hopefully come in handy at some point in the future.
Tomorrow I am making another trip to the capital because there is a coffee committee meeting on Friday and also because I have to get a green card. Fortunately, the Peace Corps takes care of all the paperwork and all I have to do is show up, wait, and get my picture taken. I only need it if I have to leave the country which I don't plan on doing until Christmas, but I may as well get it since I will be in the capital. Sadly Sarah, the woman who works at the Embassy whom I normally stay with in Santo Domingo, is moving to Venezuela. I have been very lucky to have the opportunity to stay with her and get to know her but it is a great opportunity for her to work directly with the Ambassador. No doubt that will be a challenging and interesting assigment. This will be the last time I stay with her before she heads out in September.
This past weekend was the first hurricane scare since I've been here. There were warnings from Hurricane Dean, which never touched down here but did send us a good amount of rain. The Peace Corps has a safety system for weather, political unrest, etc. with different levels and regions. I was on stand fast, so I couldn't leave my site but some volunteers in the South and the East had to consolidate in hotels. A friend was going to come visit but unfortunately wasn't able to. I put up some more pictures on my picture site from the wedding I went to, the youth groups' trip and a few other random pictures.
Last week I didn't have water for almost three days, then I finally did but the electricity went out for about the same amount of time, then I didn't have water again for almost 2 days. Oh, the joys of living in a developing country!
Posted by katie on August 22, 2007 06:38 PM | Permalink
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Comments so far:
Hey Katie,
I read over your page a little, really interesting. Maybe when I find a place with a little cheaper internet I�ll look over it some more. You don�t have to tell me about the water/electricity� we go out for weeks at a time, well, the water doesn�t, because it comes straight from the river, and flows through the pipes the same color/consistency/cleanliness as the river, but la luz does. Anyway a lot of interesting stuff, I�ll drop you a line sometime. Until then, cuidate.
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Posted by:
John Russell Wilkins |
August 24, 2007 12:32 PM
Hey, hopefully you get this sometime soon, because I couldn't find an email address. Anyway, I'm a PCV in the Philippines, and in about 8 months I'll be done here. I'm looking to do another 2-years in a Spanish speaking country. Can you tell me anything about the program there, like what the specific job placements are? Is the program cool? For example, our CD here sucks, he's a total control freak, so I'm hoping to avoid that. What did you think of the DR, cool, not cool? Was being fluent in Spanish an absolute requirement to being accepted to the program? I'm semi-fluent, but after 2 years of Filipino I'm not as good as before... You know, anything you can tell me that might help me make a decision?
If you can hit me back at theoldswitcheroo(at)gmail.com, I will buy you a beer. If we ever meet. Ha.
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Posted by:
Owen |
September 3, 2007 04:39 AM
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