There are only 2 weeks left of school. I can hardly believe it. Even more unbelievable is that I leave for Haiti in a little over 3 weeks. WOW!! I am pretty scared but mostly just excited to get there and get to work. We have spent so much time putting this relief project together and things are finally starting to fall into place. It has been somewhat frustrating working through all of the bottlenecks and red tape- but we have learned SO MUCH about how to organize an effective project (still a TON to learn, though). The scariest part for me is knowing that I will be leaving before we have everything figured out and we will have to figure out lots of things on site. I"m hoping that the 5 years that I studied French will come in handy!! We'll see how much I can actually use. I have been practicing, but I'm certain that Haitian French is going to be nothing like the French that I "learned" (if you could even call it learning). If anyone is interested in learning more about our project, check out our blog- sustainhaiti.blogspot.com. I am leading the microenterprise team and we are looking at ways to build sustainable micro-businesses for Haitians. We are inthe process of partnering with a local MFI to work with while we are there to identify potential candidates and mentor them through the process. Our project is all about helping to build self-reliance- somethign that Haiti is in great need of. We will be working on clean water, square foot gardening, microenterprise, and sanitation/hygiene. If you're interested in helping out, let me know. There are lots of ways to get involved.
Well, I think that is it for the night. I have another paper and some reading to finish up before tomorrow. I just wanted to take a break and realized that I haven't been on here for forever!! That's my life for now. More to come! :)
