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The Journey to Madagascar: März 2008
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Freitag, 28. März 2008. The last 4 weeks were busy. I visited my good friend Karsten in Ethiopia and time flew by after I came back. I will leave Madagascar tomorrow at 21h to attend the debriefing in WFP HQ Rome.but before that we will have a nice fare-well dinner with friends and colleagues. I wont make it a big conclusional blog-entry, but just let me say that I had a great time in Madagascar where I met amazing people and learnt a lot. Thanks to all of you who made that possible. After we arrived on ...
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The Journey to Madagascar: Juli 2007
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Dienstag, 17. Juli 2007. Vocabulary, Security, Storming of the Bastille and of course French. Now that I already passed the half-time break of my French language course I will give you an update about the most recent events. I am still happily living with the Myriam's family and it is really nice having most of the time dinner together.even though I am not talking that much I am trying make a statement here and there. The questions covered everything.from "how to deal with child soldiers? After finishing...
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The Journey to Madagascar: A Simulated Crisis and a Real Accident
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Mittwoch, 5. Dezember 2007. A Simulated Crisis and a Real Accident. Two weeks ago I returned from a crisis simulation which took place in Foulpointe, at the East coast of Madagascar. The simulation was a long planned project, mainly organized and lead by the Bureau National de Gestion des Risques et des Catastrophes (BNGRC). Our part of the game was to ensure that our cooperating partner, the Red Cross, has been provided with sufficient food to distribute to the 50 cyclone victims. The group of people, v...
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The Journey to Madagascar: August 2007
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Dienstag, 7. August 2007. Friendly French and a nice City. Okay, it has been quite a while since I wrote an update…so that is what happened the last weeks:. Only Daniel who will study in Dijon and Kelly who is an Au-Pair for a year are now still with me…but by now we also know a bunch of great French, especially Lucie, Stephan and Michael. I asked Michael who has been introduced to me by Ira, whether I could stay with him until I will go back to Germany. He accepted right away because he prefers livi...
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The Journey to Madagascar: After the Cyclone...
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Dienstag, 4. März 2008. So I am back from my field trip to Tamatave, where Tulika and I were assisting our Emergency Preparedness and Response Officer Solveig Routier. Before I will tell about my personal experience, I’d like to give you a brief overview about the situation after cyclone Ivan hit. Which was the reason for our trip:. The number of "affected" continue to increase. The most devastated area is on the north-eastern coast with some 163,000. People affected in four districts . For the next day ...
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The Journey to Madagascar: Oktober 2007
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Montag, 29. Oktober 2007. UN-Week, Pirogging and Oktoberfest. Work first…and then a couple of days vacation in the south of. That was out plan when we went to. Two weeks ago. The reason for us heading south was the official begin of the UN-Week, which included the celebration of the “World Food Day” as well as the “World Poverty Day”. So our work schedule from Monday till Wednesday mainly consisted of presenting the WFP stand at an UN and NGO fair and visits to field projects of different agencies. After...
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The Journey to Madagascar: November 2007
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Dienstag, 13. November 2007. Current Likes and Dislikes. With the recent beginning of the rain season I like my rain jacket made by Aldi even better.but it is not that I do have a choice anyway, because here it is the only jacket I have. I really like my neighbourhood with all the little grocerie shops, a small internet cafe, a pizza place, a French school and lots of vendors who are selling fresh vegetables and fruits. Sounds heavenly, doesnt it? After my shrimp-overdose (to remind you.estimated eat...
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The Journey to Madagascar: Februar 2008
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Montag, 18. Februar 2008. Cyclone.now for real! In late November 2007 I have been in Tamatave and Foulpointe at the East coast of. To participate in a cyclone crisis simulation. Now, two month later cyclone Ivan hit the Northeastern coast of. 8230;and this time it is for real. At the time it hit. It was considered a category 3 cyclone (maximum: category 5) with winds measured up to 200km/hour. Samstag, 2. Februar 2008. Out in the Field: Tuberculosis , Leprosy and Food for Work. Where have we been? Of Dec...
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The Journey to Madagascar: Juni 2007
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Donnerstag, 28. Juni 2007. This is the very first post of my new blog, which is about my trip to Madagascar, my preperation in Lyon (French intensive course! And of course about my time in Magagascar itself. The Journey to Madagascar. This Blog is about my participation in the Gloabl Experience Programme 2007. It is a joint internship programme from the United Nations World Food Programme, AIESEC (world's biggest student organization) and TNT (logistics company). For the 3rd time this public-priv...This ...
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The Journey to Madagascar: Out in the Field: Tuberculosis , Leprosy and Food for Work
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Samstag, 2. Februar 2008. Out in the Field: Tuberculosis , Leprosy and Food for Work. We are back in Tana, just one day before Christmas after beating almost 2300km of Malagasy road in less than 5 days. Where have we been? It is the 19. Of December, a Wednesday morning, 5 am We hop into the rented jeep including driver to head southwards with the goal to reach a little town at the South-East coast of. The next day…6 am We leave Farafangana in two jeeps towa. Even though the centre is merely 60km away, it...
