So, yet again, I'm just blowing around wherever the wind takes me.
On February 1, I'll set off from Miami for Asucion, Paraguay. I'll be working as a Rural Health Extentionist, focusing on health and sanitation in very remote areas of Paraguay. Instead of improvising on my assignment, I'll just give it to you straight from my volunteer handbook.
"The areas on which the project focuses are: dental health education, parasite prevention, nutrition, improving cooking practices, STI's and HIV/AIDS prevention education, improving waste disposal methods (yum!), and cleaning/protecting water sources."
"Volunteers also teach how to construct and maintain sanitary latrines, protect wells to ensure potable water, and construct and utilize brick ovens.."
PERFECT!!!!!
I'm really pumped about my new assignment and can't believe how well it worked out. I just love when things fall into my lap.
A live-in au pair position also fell into my lap in Chapel Hill so I'll be here until the end of January. I had already moved out of my house and quit my job in Philadelphia when the program was cancelled- whoops! - so this is my temporary fix. Mmmmm, snotty noses, dirty diapers (AKA nappies bc he's a Brit) and learning French. Oh, and also Spanish- I've got to be fluent by Feburary 1. Hm.
So friends, my two science degrees have taken me here to Chapel Hill- temporarily- but I'll be off into the great wide open soon enough. Patience, patience. More updates to come on my new country!
