So, all of the Peace Corps Trainees received information this last week on the communities they will be living in for the next two years. My future home is a small farming community in the mid western part of Burkina called Semaga!
Semaga is lcated about 60k north west of Koudougou, which you can see on the map above. I will be the first PC volunteer in Semaga. As PC training has progressed, it seems more and more like much of the work I will be doing will be focused on agro-business development.As far as I can tell, there is no market in Semaga, and I will have to ride my bike a couple K to a village called Godyr for fruits, veggies and so on. We should all cross our fingers for cel phone service though I've heard climbing a tree sometimes helps. Will let you know how things pan out in that department!
If you want a better idea for where Semaga is, go ahead and type "Godyr, Burkina Faso" into google maps and the general area should come up.
More information soon!
9 comments:
This is so exciting! When do you go to your site?
BREK. YES. HELL. YES.
So..you're moving back to the midwest? ^^ I hope there are some super tall trees over there dude.
sounds pretty exciting brekke
I've often heard people who enjoy their peace corps experience the most are those placed in rural areas - hope that's true for you too
and like your sister said, when do you head that way?
hey guys, just to respond to the comments here,
i will be leaving for site right after christmas. normally training would have put is leaving for site on the 20th or so, but the staff here decided to extend things a bit so that all of the volunteers could spend the holidays with each other before shipping out. pretty cool!
Sep.
Did you really get to meet a chief??
That's amazing...
Do you have a camera with you and a card reader, because there is something that is distinctly lacking...pictures.
BrekBERG. I am sending you camera. We need pictures! Can we send you a camera, seriously?
Also, the holidays will be so fun with all of your crew. I can't wait to hear stories of ya'll trying to decorate a tiny little tumbleweed or something.
Hey Bro! I miss you! I keep wanting to write you a letter and then I get super lazy about it. I owe you about 10 letters. One of these days...
HOW IS IT GOING?
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