i'm in Bamako for a few weeks for more training. this is my first time seeing most of my fellow volunteers since swear-in. i'm also eating good food, and using internet, but unfortunately not bathing, because all we have is cold showers and it's FREEZING here. i don't think many people have showered since we got to Bamako. i never knew it could get so cold, and you really feel it when you're sleeping in an unheated hut. wool blankets and bonfires help, though.
this round of training is supposed to be more technically focused, so we can actually start planning projects for our villages. so far we've seen how to build a charcoal oven (for making charcoal more efficiently), and a tree planting method which apparently works on magic-you plant the trees, water them once, and then watch them grow. i'll probably be using it- my village wants to do a bunch of stuff, related to trees, which i will write about later...
the last few months have been a rollercoaster, and supposedly the hardest portion of peace corps service. now that they're over, though, it seems kind of like they flew by. hanging out with other volunteers over the holidays helped, as did talking to everyone on the phone after giving up on getting phone calls from the US, and dropping a hundred bucks on phone credit. that was seriously the greatest self-esteem boost, and i really really needed it, so thanks for answering the phone....yall. i miss everybody!
more, much more informative information later. and pictures, which make up for my current lack of blog prose. and which are much more entertaining.
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