I went to an informatique to print some
documents and my USB got a virus, so everything that I typed up for June got
lost. So I’ll give you the quick rundown.
Students from Duke University spent eight
weeks in my village and the one next to mine. They worked on a variety of
projects; it was fun having other Americans around. I worked with a couple
students on the cyber project. We talked about how we can better organize
classes and motivate students to come. There is a Duke student who is leading a
class on how to use computers, and in July we are going to have a meeting to
evaluate how it went and how we are going continue the classes in the future.
We wrapped up the environmental club for
the summer. We had our last meeting – never did finish our compost project
haha, but did an evaluation of the club and planned an end of the year party.
Almost everyone came to the party except for a few who were travelling – they
made rice and spaghetti and even bought a chicken =] it was a lot of fun.
The granary project is going well. We
selected four people from the committee to conduct surveys, which will help us
determine which topics to cover in our training this coming October. We
received the grant money and plan to start construction at the end of July.
July is going to be a busy month with Camp
Eco-Action in Datcha and the granary project, but it’s going to be good! I’m
excited.
My host family is good – Lea finished up
school and finished second in her class out of 114, lil smarty pants. In July
she’s going to travel to Lomé to stay with an aunt for a month or two, so she’s
lookin forward to that. Gabin can speak French now, so he likes to greet me
every hour. He doesn’t get the difference between bojour and bonsoir yet though
haha so he mixes them up all the time. Maman is busy working in the field,
making tchouk and taking care of the family. Papa has been working on a couple
of construction projects lately. Still spry as ever, riding his bike around
everywhere.
