Sunday, July 06, 2008

A Grant!

My project is going through! I wrote a grant what seems like ages ago, but I've heard that it's finally reached some of your in-boxes and mailboxes.

For those that haven't seen, the project is to renovate 3 teacher's houses at my local elementary school. They are in very poor shape. My grant ought to include pictures, and my parents have visited the school and can tell your firsthand about the need there. There are holes in the roofs, the floors are mud, the walls are falling apart... it doesn't make for a home environment conducive to good teaching.

You ought to be able to make donations through the Peace Corps Website here, as well as view part of my project proposal. The website was down yesterday afternoon when I first wrote this post, but this morning it looks to be working just fine. The next time I come to town I'll put up some pictures and a more detailed grant for anyone interested. That probably won't be for a few weeks, though.

Aside from that, I had a lovely visit with my parents. We went many places around the country, including a safari in the extremely remote Katavi National Park where we saw herds of water buffalo and lots of giraffe, elephants, hippos, and crocs. We also spent a full week at my site. Maybe when they put some pictures up, my parents will link to it in the comments.

Other than that, things are busy, but going well. This semester is being much more manageable than last year. I'm grading exams now, in general my Form 5 Math students (that I'm grading right now) seem to be doing very well. That said, I'm still very busy, but I'll try to put up a good long blog entry near the end of the month. Topics to look forward to: tribal languages and the math book I'm writing.

Gregor