Okay, so a little more than a month. Staging starts on January 4, 2011 in Chicago. No extra flight to Philly or DC for me!
A lot of people have asked me what I'll be doing, and to be entirely honest, I'm not really sure. Here is the description verbatim that was in my welcome packet:
"Animal Husbandry Volunteers work to enhance farm families' nutrition and household income through improved livestock management techniques. Activities include promoting vaccination against common diseases; teaching young farmers better livestock management techniques; improving approaches to marketing farm products such as meat, wool, and eggs; developing land use plans for pastoral farmers; vegetable gardening; range management; and bee keeping."
So yeah, pretty broad range there. I don't know anymore than that.
As far as I know, I will not have reliable access to electricity or the internet in Africa, so updates and photos will be infrequent, but I do promise to make an effort.
That's all I can think of to write right now. I have one week left of my internship at Kentucky Reptile Zoo before heading home for the holidays and all the pre-departure shenanigans. Hopefully I get to see everybody before I leave!
