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Chris in China: Summer is Here! (time to get busy...)

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Notes from a Peace Corps volunteer. Wednesday, June 22, 2011. Time to get busy.). The semester is over! My real teaching finished a couple weeks ago, my finals finished last Friday, and (drum-roll) as of late last night, all of my grading is finished! Anyway, now I am just rambling. So the school year ended. My movie club was pretty poorly attended and my frisbee club was a bust. Next year I have big plans for improvements. So, exciting events to come:. Then there is the great PC China Summer Project&#46...

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B's Adventures in the World: Same Country, New City

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B's Adventures in the World. Certains pensent qu'ils font un voyage. En fait, c'est le voyage qui nous fait." N. Bouvier. Samedi 21 mai 2011. Same Country, New City. Whoa, back in the Peace Corps already! Perhaps it's time for a post on what I am doing and where I am living back here in Senegal? So, about my job. I am working with Plan International. Is in charge of the financial literacy program development, while Peace Corps (me currently) is in charge of the life skills component. Quite the change fro...

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Chris in China: November 2010

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Notes from a Peace Corps volunteer. Saturday, November 20, 2010. My New Jacket and Other Holidays. So I am no longer freezing to death. Im sure there was great concern in my following, but now you can hold off the vigils and such, Ive learned to suck it up, and I bought a jacket. So that was Halloween. Strange, interesting, kinda exhausting. Then there was something new for me. I had never seen a pig slaughter before, let alone two. It was quick, ill give it that, but the screaming before hand, e...It wa...

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B's Adventures in the World: août 2011

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B's Adventures in the World. Certains pensent qu'ils font un voyage. En fait, c'est le voyage qui nous fait." N. Bouvier. Dimanche 28 août 2011. So I wrote this post August 28, 2011 and it may or may not have actually gotten published on the blog, but for whatever reason, I can't find it. So here it is:. Here's an interesting article that came in my weekly Google Alert for Peace Corps: Peace Corps vs Posh Corps. What did the application process require for you? How was the housing situation? I mostly lov...

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B's Adventures in the World: A la Prochaine, Cote d'Ivoire!

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B's Adventures in the World. Certains pensent qu'ils font un voyage. En fait, c'est le voyage qui nous fait." N. Bouvier. Vendredi 5 octobre 2012. A la Prochaine, Cote d'Ivoire! I fly out of Cote d’Ivoire on Saturday night, but I’ll still be posting about my time here in the weeks to come (Inchallah) to talk a little about the work I did, as well as more reflections on the country and my practicum. Ok, maybe not the escargots, but at least I tried them). Zumba class, though it didn’t start until my...

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B's Adventures in the World: septembre 2012

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B's Adventures in the World. Certains pensent qu'ils font un voyage. En fait, c'est le voyage qui nous fait." N. Bouvier. Mardi 25 septembre 2012. A Traumatic Zoo Experience: The Toll of War. Last weekend I visited a zoo that might be one of the worst in the world that can still be considered functioning. This was not the failing but charming family zoo from. We Bought a Zoo. A few gazelles, a hippo, an elephant, and some small rodent-like things called biches. Which are actually miniature deer. Feed...

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AfriKate: August 2009

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Where the starbucks end. Sunday, August 30, 2009. To Cure a Foul Mood in Pellel Kendessa. 1 Leave Pellel Kendessa. 2 Enthusiastically un-fast with a Ture's omelette sandwich and milky coffee in Dindefello. 3 Make the market ladies giggle. 4 Tell all the fasting food vendors that they're either very strong or very crazy. 5 Pet the 2 domesticated monkeys and avoid watching abuse. 6 Steer clear of the campement sai-sai's, as good as a beer would be. not worth it! 14 Shiver. In SENEGAL! 15 Sing Beach Boys, M...

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AfriKate: Calendrier Quoi

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Where the starbucks end. Tuesday, August 3, 2010. Mostly Pellel Kendessa and K. Dougou), with brief interludes in. Tanzania, Italy, Spain, and Morocco. First 24.5 hours in transit.). May 20-24 Douki, Guinea. May 24-25 Kindia, Guinea. May 25-27 Freetown,. May 27-29 River No. 2, Sierra Leone. May 29-30 Freetown, Sierra Leone. May 30- June 1 K. Ma, Sierra Leone. June 1-2 Koindu, Sierra Leone. June 3-4 Man,. June 4-8 San Pedro, C. June 8-10 Sassandra, C. June 10-17 Abidjan, C. June 17-19 Dixcove,.

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AfriKate: December 2008

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Where the starbucks end. Thursday, December 18, 2008. Hadiatou brings popcorn "pop-kabba" to the village. Family goes crazy and don't believe it's corn. We sit around a lunch bowl to eat it like every other meal. Kid gets slapped for dropping a piece on the ground. I will give them as prizes in an oral-fecal cycle quiz, with the hopes that the new owners will break them immediately. Tuesday, December 16, 2008. The Tabaski Pictures That This Annoying Computer WILL Let Me Post. Sunday, December 7, 2008.

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AfriKate: December 2009

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Where the starbucks end. Saturday, December 19, 2009. Who doesn’t love a dance party? Especially if the other participants agree that YOU are the best dancer? But wait… aren’t I in Africa, land of people who dance in their wombs and who couldn’t do anything out of rhythm if they tried? And isn’t this ME, we’re talking about, not someone who, in fact, CAN dance? The toddlers got plenty of practice time and were encouraged by all the family members around them who also had nothing else to do. The complets ...