Wednesday, November 12, 2008

The winner is

For the next 24 months of my life i will be living in Nakaba!!! its abut 140k away from the Capital (Waga), but i am only 5k away from the main road, so i wont have to bike far. it is in the east, in the district of Koupela. I will be living in my own house that my head nurse built especially for me. the house is on the CSPC compounds. I am a first generation volunteer to my site, which means no other volunteer of any kind have been here, and I am one of the first health volunteers in my district. I have another health volunteer in Koupela (about 35k away) and a SED (small enterprise development) volunteer in Fada.

I have been n Burkina for a month now and things are going well right now each day we learn more and more and i can finally see all the pieces coming together. the other day we learned how to make 3 different types of enriched pourage. we also went to visit the CREN. it is a unit inside of the hospital where women and their babies can go if they are severely malnourished. they get treatment for mother and chld, and the mother gets classes on nutrition.

overall I am alive and happy with my site placement!!!

6 comments:

Unknown said...

It is so good to hear that everything is going so well. I am so excited for you. Let me know your new address once you get moved, so I can send you goodies!! Let me know if there is anything you need for yourself or for work and the kids and I will do my best to get it sent. Take care and continue to have the time of your life..~Court

Anonymous said...

Nakaba will never be the same................Good Luck.........

Anonymous said...

You think you can do for Nakaba what you did for Evansville?

tammy said...

Hi Audrey: I am glad you are having a
good time. There was a great article in the daily journal about your adventures talk soon tammy

Anonymous said...

HI Audrey! Hope all is well! It is snowing and cold here today! Bet it is warm there! There was a nice article in the journal about your adventures this past week! We are all praying for you! Let us know if you need anything! Lots of love, Julie and your St. Rose Family

Tabitha said...

HEY GIRL!

That all sounds amazing! I am glad that you are happy with your placement!!! Your own house, being the only one for quiet a ways. Thats such a huge accomplishment!!! Keep me posted. Love you