So we've pretty much been hitchhiking every time we need to get somewhere. Just about anyone will pull over if you flag them down and they will gladly take you wherever you want to go. Usually it's a van or a truck that barely runs but has plenty of room but we have also squeezed into some SMALL cars. Anyway...
Today Bobby and I were walking home from Neiafu and sweating our asses off. Nobody was stopping so we were starting to think we were going to have to walk the whole way home. About the time we had given up a van pulls up and asks us if we need a ride to Mataika (they somehow knew who I was and where I live...they even knew that I had been sick this past weekend and expressed their concern about that). So we get in and were thinking "this is awesome, we don't have to walk all the way home now." We drive a little ways down the road and pull over at a falekaloa (small grocery store type thing). The guy goes inside and buys us ice cream because we looked hot. It was awesome.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Vava'u
I have been staying with a new family in the village of Mataika, located just outside the main city of Neiafu. My immediate family consists of Lepolo (host mother), Pita (host brother), and Kato (host sister). Pita is 27 and works in the bush, he speaks very little English. He’s hilarious but I never know what we are talking about. Kato goes to Vava’u High School which I have heard has the most talented students in Vava’u. Her English is good and I have to use her to communicate with the others. Everything has been going very well...the family has been great to me and training is also going well.
We got our site assignments on Tuesday – I will be working at the Vava’u Youth Congress after swearing in next month. The VYC is a non-profit organization whose mission is to “give youth the skills they need to succeed.” I will have a few primary responsibilities:
• The VYC Computer Lab, working to strengthen curriculum and pass on computer maintenance, hardware and software skills, as well as improving marketing and financial record-keeping,
• The Greenhouse, a 42 x 48 meter training center / income-generating project, instituting formal planning, record-keeping and maintaining a viable business plan,
• The Alonga Program, a weekly class for Tongans with disabilities, strengthening annual fundraising efforts and encouraging advanced annual planning.
I will be living in the village of Makave which is a short walk to the VYC. I am also free (and encouraged) to take on secondary projects in my community. There is an opportunity to work with the youth of Makave on business education and promotion as it relates to the video rental store there that was set up by another PCV.
I am also going to upload some new pictures so check that out.
We got our site assignments on Tuesday – I will be working at the Vava’u Youth Congress after swearing in next month. The VYC is a non-profit organization whose mission is to “give youth the skills they need to succeed.” I will have a few primary responsibilities:
• The VYC Computer Lab, working to strengthen curriculum and pass on computer maintenance, hardware and software skills, as well as improving marketing and financial record-keeping,
• The Greenhouse, a 42 x 48 meter training center / income-generating project, instituting formal planning, record-keeping and maintaining a viable business plan,
• The Alonga Program, a weekly class for Tongans with disabilities, strengthening annual fundraising efforts and encouraging advanced annual planning.
I will be living in the village of Makave which is a short walk to the VYC. I am also free (and encouraged) to take on secondary projects in my community. There is an opportunity to work with the youth of Makave on business education and promotion as it relates to the video rental store there that was set up by another PCV.
I am also going to upload some new pictures so check that out.
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