Wait, do you actually do any work?

Greetings all! Long time no update, I thought I'd tell you a little bit about the work I'm going to be starting...inchallah.
So right now I'm in Dakar (I've been here for way too long, I'm all Dakared out), tomorrow I'll be going to Popenguine for another wild and crazy beach day. A lot of people from my stage will be meeting there because October 6th we'll be going to Joal for our Environmental Education and Preventive Health Summit. Volunteers from these sectors all get together in Joal and discuss the work they've done, what problems they've encountered and what advice they have to give others. It's going to be a really fun summit, a lot of people but some really great advice to apply to upcoming projects. I'll be in Joal until October 8th, after that I will be returning to my beloved North region! I miss my host family -- mainly the kids, pulaar, lecirri and hako, and sanctuary.
Once I return to site hopefully the projects will be coming into play. My counterpart (school director) will be returning from vacation, so I can talk to him about different projects and we can attempt to get estimates to build new classroom structures, because their temporary one (made out of sticks) fell down during a storm. Finding out the information about cost, and community contributions is the hard part for the grants, but after I collect that information I can submit my grant and then sit and wait... I've got that grant already written out just have to insert the numbers. Also, I've been working on a grant to get the Cas de Sante stocked with medication and materials so we can get it open! Yay! It's exciting things will be coming together, slowly but surely.

I want to start an Enviro Club for the kids at the school so we can have year round pepineres they're in charge of. I've got tons of seeds, and getting the kid's dedication and involvment will be so rewarding. Hopefully we can get a good group of kids who are actually interested in this, so they'll continue it without my help.

Once we get the Cas de Sante open the head Relais and I can work on some causeries for the village. I think it'd be fun to do these once a month! I'm excited for all this to come to play, I feel like I've accomplished nothing in site yet and I've got to be patient, but its making me feel lazy!!

I wasn't able to participate in the our first radio skit last monday because I was in Dakar for medical stuff, but once we go back we're going to record 2 radio shows!! I'm sooo excited to be a part of this, really nervous because my Pulaar is HORRIBLE! But it'll be a fun experience, and maybe the other radio djs will assist me. The radio show up North is Radio Pete, a lot of volunteers in various areas do work with their local/regional radio stations because it's the best media tool here. Sarah's site is right next to Pete so her ancien (previous volunteer) put her in contact with the main dj of Pete, we've finally got in contact with him to do some skits, Sarah, Evan, and James did the skit last week and they said it went really well. The skits are over important topics, for instance gender development, health, environment, etc. but they're pretty cheesy.

Exciting news!! Peace Corps Senegal has their own newsletter volunteers submit information about their projects, news, updates, fun stories, etc. It's a really cool newsletter called Sabaar, it's incredibly entertaining and it's something the volunteers are always anticipating reading. WELL, the Sabaar does it's very own Volunteer Spotlight where they choose a volunteer and ask them ridiculous questions and all of Peace Corps Senegal reads it.. I was picked for November! The questions are ridiculous, my answers are lame same old same old, but it feels like a great pat on the back.

That's all for now folks, enjoy the job description/word vomit.

Loves!