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October 31, 2005
Riding that Train
Hello friends and family.
Yet again things are not going well. I know for a fact that I will not be here for very long. Sadly Brad and Becky I doubt I will be here sooner than the turn of the year. Other volunteers say that you should not allow the administration office ruin your Peace Corps experience. Sadly when you need to have help from the office and they do not give you the support you need, what’s the point of working for the organization. There is no support and the office is hypocritical. They help some and not others.
Am I sad, yes I am sad, I was getting projects done in my community. I wrote a proposal to UNICEF to get shoes and socks for the students at my NCP. I was able to get the shoes donated. So yes I am sad but when your boss treats you like a little kid and not a professional, it’s not a good working condition.
Another problem that occurred is the volunteer that I am dating here, was sexually harassed. She was walking on the main road of her community broad daylight, 1 pm, she left the store and returing to her house and a man just grabbed her crotch. She reported it to PC and they have made it into her fault. Just something that happens her or a regular basis, female volunteers getting grabbed and gropped. It’s just not a good working environment.
So you’ll be home for Thanksgiving? NO. I am staying here, at the moment. I am going to field terminate which means that I am going to stay in the country, but won’t have health insurance and no money from PC. I have a few more projects that I desperately want to help finish in my community then I might back pack around Africa for a little while. I have sent out my resume to all the major papers in Swaziland and South Africa. Hopefully something will come through with that. Job market in America is not all that well as usual, from what I hear but maybe I am wrong.
Brad and Jimmy I have a HUGE plan and want and need your help. Please Please call me as soon as you can preferably this week. Get together and call me any time I don’t care, I still don’t sleep well at night so you can call at three in the morning.
I will post again soon as soon as I find things out.
Posted by colin at October 31, 2005 09:53 AM