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Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Welcome to Zambia!
Made it to the beautiful Zambia! Wish I could post the photo that PC took when we arrived at the airport but that's not likely to happen, sorry! The PC staff has been keeping us all very busy with information overload and medical stuff. On Sunday we go for our first site visits! This is to give us a better idea of what life in rural Zambia is like and help us determine if being a volunteer is the right fit for us. I'm surprised to actually have internet access so soon, but that may change as we head out to our villages to stay with host families during training. Gotta go before all of the volunteers decide to check their emails for the night.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Friday, February 1, 2013
Teaching Mom to Blog!
Mom is learning how to blog in case I don't have internet access she can still update everyone. This should be interesting. Cheers!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Departure & LIFE
It's getting closer and closer to departure time! Finally received staging details. I'll be meeting up with the other Zambia Peace Corps volunteers in Philadelphia on February 11th, 2013 and departing from JFK on February 12th, 2013.
Thought maybe some of you would be interested in the LIFE Project. Late last week the LIFE volunteers had a conference call with the staff and a few current PC volunteers in Zambia. It seems like volunteers have a lot of opportunities to work on or with projects that really interest them as well as the main project. Each volunteer has a unique experience that can be drastically different from volunteers even in nearby villages. As any RPCV will tell you, your PC experience is what you make it. So, if you are motivated, there are many many opportunities and projects to work on/with. Here's a link to a description of the LIFE Project.
http://zambia.usembassy.gov/zambia/life.html
Thought maybe some of you would be interested in the LIFE Project. Late last week the LIFE volunteers had a conference call with the staff and a few current PC volunteers in Zambia. It seems like volunteers have a lot of opportunities to work on or with projects that really interest them as well as the main project. Each volunteer has a unique experience that can be drastically different from volunteers even in nearby villages. As any RPCV will tell you, your PC experience is what you make it. So, if you are motivated, there are many many opportunities and projects to work on/with. Here's a link to a description of the LIFE Project.
http://zambia.usembassy.gov/zambia/life.html
Monday, December 17, 2012
In all of the excitement and thinking I'd talked to everyone about Peace Corps, I realized that there is no description of Zambia or what I'll be doing as a volunteer. Minor details.
Zambia! Instead of regurgitating what the internet already knows, I'll just include a few links for you to browse.
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html
News
http://allafrica.com/zambia/
And in case you want to visit!
http://www.zambiatourism.com/
The official position that I will hold is as a Forestry Extension Agent working on the LIFE Project (http://zambia.usembassy.gov/zambia/life.html). The project encompasses many different aspects besides just forestry. From my understanding it is doing agroforestry on subsistence farms near national parks and entails incorporating trees into the cropping/farming system on these farms. Natural resource management, alternative income generating activities, business skills/management, and sustainable agriculture techniques are all part of the project as well. I'm not really sure what any of this means or how to go about distributing knowledge and encouraging ideas for alternative income generating activities and know nothing about business management. I'm also not sure how much of this is actually going to be a daily part of the volunteer experience. For now, that's all there is to go on. It seems like a huge part of the Peace Corps experience is getting accustomed to the lifestyle and that much of the day is used for daily household chores like hauling water or preparing meals. If only I could find an edible plants book for Zambia, then I could spend a large majority of my time foraging (and working, of course)!
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/za.html
News
http://allafrica.com/zambia/
And in case you want to visit!
http://www.zambiatourism.com/
The official position that I will hold is as a Forestry Extension Agent working on the LIFE Project (http://zambia.usembassy.gov/zambia/life.html). The project encompasses many different aspects besides just forestry. From my understanding it is doing agroforestry on subsistence farms near national parks and entails incorporating trees into the cropping/farming system on these farms. Natural resource management, alternative income generating activities, business skills/management, and sustainable agriculture techniques are all part of the project as well. I'm not really sure what any of this means or how to go about distributing knowledge and encouraging ideas for alternative income generating activities and know nothing about business management. I'm also not sure how much of this is actually going to be a daily part of the volunteer experience. For now, that's all there is to go on. It seems like a huge part of the Peace Corps experience is getting accustomed to the lifestyle and that much of the day is used for daily household chores like hauling water or preparing meals. If only I could find an edible plants book for Zambia, then I could spend a large majority of my time foraging (and working, of course)!
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Address
During training here is the address that you can send letters (or care packages!) to, if you're into that sort of thing. I love getting mail and writing letters so feel free to send me one randomly, and I will most likely respond!
My Name, Peace Corps Volunteer
PO Box 50707
Lusaka
Zambia
This will change once I get assigned a site, but for the first 2-3 months this is where I'll be.
My Name, Peace Corps Volunteer
PO Box 50707
Lusaka
Zambia
This will change once I get assigned a site, but for the first 2-3 months this is where I'll be.
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