Everything is still going very well. Since I last described my life in village I have done the following things:
- Attended my first marriage - the second night of a three-day a Muslim ceremony outside the husband's family's concession in the pitch-black Burkinabé bush.
- Played my first "football" match with other Peace Corps trainees against a team of Burkinabé girls - neither group was empowered since it ended in a 0-0 tie. I played D.
- Participated in two panel discussions Burkuinabé girls - Girls' Education/Empowerment trainees met with middle/high school girls to discuss their experiences in local schools.
- Met with two different parents' groups similar to American PTAs - the AME is a mother's association and the APE is for parents in general. At our second meeting with the AME, my friend Yaneth and I learned about women's daily tasks (before sunrise to after sunset).
- Discovered my first village night club in the bush - it was dark, the music was all African, and there was a donkey on the dance floor.
- Eaten dinner with only my right hand - this is how the Burkinabé do it; they do not use utensils or their traditionally (and realistically) dirty left hands.
- Swept my hut completely on my own once and observed my host sister Kadidia do my laundry twice - this weekend I will take my first crack at the multi-step process...
- Demonstrated how to modestly climb a tree in a skirt - this was an exercise in facilitation and just one example of creative group work. Peace Corps has us constantly getting up in front of the group trying new things, speaking in public, and sometimes inviting us to embarrass ourselves. (Just kidding, sort of.)
I have also shopped at the local marché, enjoyed eating many local specialties, talked with Burkinabé in Mooré, Fulfuldé, and of course French, and finally I have already seen three friends decide to go home. We started as a group of 29 and have whittled down to a current 26. So, it has been up and down already after three weeks but I really look forward to being assigned a site and visiting it for the first time in about 2 or 3 weeks.
For my next post, I'll try to tell a story and hope to make things a little more interesting. At the moment I have not properly slept in days (and even weeks) and I am actually completely spent. Happy to post information for you though... thanks for reading!
à plus tard, mes amis, et grosses bisous!
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Christina:
Great stuff. Keep 'em coming.
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Christina,
You sound terrific! I wish you could get more sleep, you poor kid. Once you get more sleep you will be perfectly adjusted to your new adventure, it seems.I think, Goddaughter, that you might be the coolest person I know.
Love, Joan
PS Bob and the kids send their love.
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Lovely to see you are settling well into your new life in Burkina it is a long way from the IFC/World Bank!!! I will so enjoy reading about your experiences and this blog is a wonderful way to share them. What you write reminds me so much of my own experience volunteering in West Begal India in 1984 - I had a bicycle too! We shall think of you and watch your progress with interest - Africa is extraordinary and what you do will touch many lives there. You will be pleased to hear that Mr. Zoellick has now started at the Bank and Mr Wolfowitz has gone - we are full of optimism. It was a pleasure working with you and we send our very best wishes to you and your fellow volunteers!
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