Well, I am more than a little tired after getting up at 5:30am for my flight to Philly and having staging from 2-7pm tonight. What an interesting thing to walk into a hotel and try to start meeting people that will spend the next two years with you!
A little about our class: We have 30 total volunteers, 16 agroforestry, 14 health workers. Agroforestry is made up of 7 men and 9 women, and health is 4 men and 10 women. And from all over the country which is very fun. I really do look forward to getting to know all of these people, although I don't really think it can be done in two days of staging...
For those wondering what staging is, our schedule looks like this:
Day 1
Welcome and Introductions
Peace Corps Approach to Development
Personal Definition of Success
Safety and Support
Anxieties and Aspirations
Nuts and Bolts
Day 2
Coping with Unwanted Attention
Managing Risk
Policies in Practice
Crossing Cultures
Staging Capstone
Bridget to Pre-Service Trainig
Logistics of Departure
Evaluation and Closing
Plus, lots of activities. (I really, really, do not enjoy icebreakers, but I will survive!)
Whew. Yeah a lot of broad things, which to be honest, I'm not so sure how helpful it is to go over all this because much of it needs much more depth and will be re-covered in training. It's possible they want to gather everyone to begin introductions, and cover some of these topics in brief so that everyone knows what they're getting into and if anyone has second thoughts, they can still get out now, before the flight to Cameroon!
Still not setting in though....Three days till another country...for two years.
Thai restaurant for dinner with 11 other trainees.
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