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Merry Christmas
ReiD&Brooke
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, December 21, 2009
Library Project (need some help) and Christmas Vacation
First off, we would like everyone to know that we are starting our first (tangible) activity- we’re helping our Resource Center to start a library in our community. They have a few books now, but most of them are upper-level reading and we’re helping them to get a few that will help with those who are trying to improve their English skills and it could be a resource for us to initiate some adult/continuing education assistance.
We will be working through a Peace Corps Partnership Project that has been set up by a Group 6 volunteer with Books for Africa which will be disseminating about 30,000 books to 30 different sites in country. Ultimately, about half of the funds will be raised overseas and the community will be paying the customs fees and essentially buying the books at a reduced cost. On top of this, the community member in charge will be assisted and educated in basic library management and we hope that this is something that will flourish- and we’ll have about a year and a half to see how it goes.
If you are interested in assisting this project, or if you know some one that might be, please follow the link below:
https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=645-077
And, if you have any questions about the ins and outs of the project, just send them to Jerome.de.Oro@gmail.com or Speedybee244@gmail.com - you’re assistance would be greatly appreciated. As I type this we are already about 26% of the way to our goal and since this project is spread out between about 26 volunteers, a little will go a long way.
And now for the blog…
I hope everyone enjoyed the kid’s questions and our answers. They were great questions, and Reid and I had fun answering them. If anyone has any others, please feel free to leave them on the blog, and we will try to answer when we can (emailing them might be more efficient for us though).
We will be spending Christmas on the beach in Mozambique. I am SUPER excited. New Years will be at the homestead—our family throws a fairly big party with music, dancing, and fireworks. We are going to see if any of the other volunteers that will be staying in country would like to come over- apparently you can see the fireworks in Maputo from our homestead.
We just got over having scabies- it really sucks, but it is very common for Peace Corps worldwide. When rainy season hits, there are not near as many sunny days for your clothes to completely dry, so since the only thing that kills scabies is high heat or sunlight, the rainy season brings them out. We had to bathe with this sulfur soap and then put on this lotion that burned on our skin for three days in a row, and then we had to boil all our clothes. It sucked, but so far no itching!
Reid registered for the ultra marathon in Cape town, and I registered for the half…I haven’t run in a big race like this before, so I am kind of nervous, but very excited!
We miss everyone back home, and we keep you in our thoughts and prayers. Happy Holidays! Love, Brooke and ReiD
We will be working through a Peace Corps Partnership Project that has been set up by a Group 6 volunteer with Books for Africa which will be disseminating about 30,000 books to 30 different sites in country. Ultimately, about half of the funds will be raised overseas and the community will be paying the customs fees and essentially buying the books at a reduced cost. On top of this, the community member in charge will be assisted and educated in basic library management and we hope that this is something that will flourish- and we’ll have about a year and a half to see how it goes.
If you are interested in assisting this project, or if you know some one that might be, please follow the link below:
https://www.peacecorps.gov/index.cfm?shell=resources.donors.contribute.projDetail&projdesc=645-077
And, if you have any questions about the ins and outs of the project, just send them to Jerome.de.Oro@gmail.com or Speedybee244@gmail.com - you’re assistance would be greatly appreciated. As I type this we are already about 26% of the way to our goal and since this project is spread out between about 26 volunteers, a little will go a long way.
And now for the blog…
I hope everyone enjoyed the kid’s questions and our answers. They were great questions, and Reid and I had fun answering them. If anyone has any others, please feel free to leave them on the blog, and we will try to answer when we can (emailing them might be more efficient for us though).
We will be spending Christmas on the beach in Mozambique. I am SUPER excited. New Years will be at the homestead—our family throws a fairly big party with music, dancing, and fireworks. We are going to see if any of the other volunteers that will be staying in country would like to come over- apparently you can see the fireworks in Maputo from our homestead.
We just got over having scabies- it really sucks, but it is very common for Peace Corps worldwide. When rainy season hits, there are not near as many sunny days for your clothes to completely dry, so since the only thing that kills scabies is high heat or sunlight, the rainy season brings them out. We had to bathe with this sulfur soap and then put on this lotion that burned on our skin for three days in a row, and then we had to boil all our clothes. It sucked, but so far no itching!
Reid registered for the ultra marathon in Cape town, and I registered for the half…I haven’t run in a big race like this before, so I am kind of nervous, but very excited!
We miss everyone back home, and we keep you in our thoughts and prayers. Happy Holidays! Love, Brooke and ReiD
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