I am unemployed in Madagascar. It has taken me this long to truly realize it. I know in my early days of Peace Corps I was at peace with the idea of being dropped off in a village and simply making nice for two years occasionally doing something that could loosely be considered as humanitarian work. But after nine months in Peace Corps (which in Peace Corps time is seven years) philosophy is meeting practice. I think this concept of Peace Corps is actually really interesting and potentially effective. But I can't wake up in the morning for a concept these days. I need something to do. Izao.
I know I have written about some past projects but they have all fallen through completely.
So this week while I am at the Peace Corps guest house (also known as the United States by Peace Corps Volunteers) I am going to draft up some proposals to either change locations or sectors--whatever it takes to go from being unemployed to being employed. I have some ideas but I won't bore you with them here unless they materialize.
Wish me luck.
You are on the adventure of a life time! It will be interesting for us onlookers to see what happens next in the life of Monica.
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ReplyDeleteI wish you the very best. I think I understand (at least a little), as the mother of one of your stage, how very difficult this must be for all of you who have been placed at sites with the task of developing and carrying out new projects with little support and often much resistance. We are hoping you can engineer a path that will be fulfilling.
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