Saturday, November 12, 2005

 

Site Visit 1

Hello everyone!
Paul tried writing something on Monday, but somehow it got lost in cyberspace. There is soooo much to say right now, but i'll start off with site visits (since Paul already kinda started with that). I went with another trainee (Mike) to Chokwe (which is in Gaza province, for those who want to look it up), about three hours from Maputo. The idea behind site visits is that you stay with a real volunteer, see how they live, what they eat, where they work, and all that. Originally, I was going to go to Hokwe (45 minutes from Chokwe) and stay with a girl volunteer there. But having the opportunity to check out other sites as well, I stayed one night there, one night in Chokwe, then another night in Malehice, and the last night in Chidenguele (on the beach!!). First things first, Hokwe has NOTHING, and when i say nothing, i really mean it. Jenna (the volunteer) has no electricity and no running water, actually, there's a drought right now, so there's almost no drinking water at all in the town (i was really dehydrated that day). There are two bars i think, but being girls, we really couldnt go there on our own. No restaurants, but one little store where you can buy essentials. A small market with onions, tomatoes, and not much more. The town itself is pretty cool, everyone knows everyone, and the school is very nice.
Chokwe, on the other hand, has everything. Internet, restaurants, bars, bakeries, internet, cheese, etc. The volunteer there lives in an awesome house (electricy, running water, tv and dvd, fridge, stove and oven, etc), but i think Peace Corps is changing the house, cuz it's too expensive for them (the volunteer originally lived in a house infested with bats, he got really sick from bat poop everywhere, so PC got him this house).
Hey, i dont want to lose what i wrote, so i'm gonna post it, and continue in a new post.
Love
Eli

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