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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: Mo' Money Mo' Problems: NGOs, grants, and grassroots fundraising
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Friday, April 30, 2010. Mo' Money Mo' Problems: NGOs, grants, and grassroots fundraising. This week I've watched all of the Star Wars movies in order in their entirety . Watching the Phantom Menace was painful, but I toughed it out. So while this post has a point and is important towards explaining my work in Kazakhstan, it is also full of nerdiness. Warned you, I have. This can lead to grant chasing, which is an awful problem. By my definition, gran...
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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: February 2010
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Thursday, February 18, 2010. I can has.cat? When I was back in America, a lot of friends and family asked me “what do people eat in Kazakhstan that is different from the US? 8221; Horse meat was usually the first thing that came to my mind, as it is eaten in Kazakhstan, but not in America. I got some interesting looks from people when I said this, but not as many as I thought. My organization and I had a collective "WTF? What can I say? Links to this post.
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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: The Last Word
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Wednesday, December 1, 2010. It's been 10 days since I arrived in my hometown of Davenport Iowa. Since that time, I've hung out with my brother, mother and father, and celebrated Thanksgiving. And now that my Peace Corps experience has ended it is time to close out this blog. Reflecting on it all. Thinking about Peace Corps, it was something that I needed to do. Or whatever “corps” they’d have when I am 78. And a bit more. I’ve been depressed, conc...
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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: Chain Chomp and Northern Exposure (Kostanai)
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Sunday, January 17, 2010. Chain Chomp and Northern Exposure (Kostanai). I wish I had an awesome story about New Years, but I don’t. I went to bed at 10pm and not even the neighbors lighting off fireworks and screaming “Happy New Year! We also showed how to build piñatas, a two day activity that everyone loved. The model piñata was called “Chomp” (after the Chain Chomp. From Mario Brothers. Yeah, we are nerds). The kids made some really great piña...In Ko...
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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: March 2010
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Friday, March 19, 2010. Earlier this week, I decided to write down everything over the course of a day to give a view of what an average day is like. An average day usually consists of the following:. 1 bad thing that makes me angry/sad/annoyed. 1 good thing that makes me happy and cancels out the 1 bad thing. Take this last Wednesday, for example:. 7am: The sun wakes me up and I couldn’t go back to sleep. I don’t do mornings. What shocked me out the who...
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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: December 2010
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Wednesday, December 1, 2010. It's been 10 days since I arrived in my hometown of Davenport Iowa. Since that time, I've hung out with my brother, mother and father, and celebrated Thanksgiving. And now that my Peace Corps experience has ended it is time to close out this blog. Reflecting on it all. Thinking about Peace Corps, it was something that I needed to do. Or whatever “corps” they’d have when I am 78. And a bit more. I’ve been depressed, conc...
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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: "Any other Advice?"
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Friday, July 9, 2010. Many of the emails I've received from future volunteers have this question at the end. And every time I don't know what to write. During the summer before I left I did some of this but not do as much as I should have. Or could have. I was thinking that I had to be always on the go, always doing something, and that if I wasn't busy I was a failure. I kind of regret that. Friday, July 09, 2010. Thank you for this. This blog is an acco...
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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: I'm a bad poet. Now everyone knows it.
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Thursday, December 24, 2009. I'm a bad poet. Now everyone knows it. Because there are so many days off, it is hard to start any sort of project in December. Last year, I was angry about. This year, I feel better about it, perhaps because I wrote a poem. I needed something to do with my free time! Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the land. Not a single soul cared, for this was Kazakhstan;. No stockings were hung by the fire at all,. Not a ...
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K-Chuck's Kazakhstan Experience: June 2010
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The life of a Peace Corps volunteer in Kazakhstan. Wednesday, June 30, 2010. I will work for cookies (The best week. Ever.). So why have I been so happy lately? The LCF gained 2 new employees, a summer intern, and a lawyer. This is very important, because in August, the LCF will lose their grant and project managers to different work. However, now we have replacements. Even better, the project manager decided to continue to work with the LCF into July part time to help train her replacement! How to Hitch...
