Site Placements

In about five weeks, I'll be moving to my official site. Right now I'm still in training with the other education volunteers in Namaacha and then we'll be placed in different areas across the country.  I have no idea as to where I'll be living for the next two years, but I'll find out next week.   A lot of us have become very close to one another and we're anxious to find out  if we'll be placed in the same province as our friends.  Because Mozambique is so massive, one volunteer can be placed in the South and another in the North, and it could be about a $600 plane ticket.  Let's be real, we're Peace Corps volunteers, we don't have money for that.  In other words, placement is very important to us because we not only find out who we'll beable to visit, we'll be finding out about the schools we'll be teaching at.

From Saturday until this upcoming Thursday, all of the volunteers are visiting current volunteers throughout the country so that we can get an idea of how they live and work.  It's been great staying with two teacher trainers, Barbara and Annie , in Manhica.  Penny and Richard are in my cohort and we've been able to ask them a lot of questions about their two year experience in Mozambique.  Perhaps what I'm enjoying the most about this site visit is that I get to leave Namaacha and see a different part of the country. 

Yesterday, we got to see a dance/music competition between several African countries and Norway.  Annie helps with a music group and she took us to Maputo to watch them perform.  It was truly amazing to see children, adolescents, and adults showcase their talent on stage.  Today, Annie took us to one of her classes and we observed her teach an English lesson on the different professions.  Also, tomorrow we get to check out a beach nearby!  I hope to upload pictures soon. :)