Queen V

Hello team! I've mentioned the CNA in pretty much every post, so I'll refrain from explaining it here, but I am finally finished with my research after taking procrastination to a whole new level! For those that are interested in reading my report (maybe 3 of you?!) I'll post the link below. But komera (be strong) y'all, it's 20 pages. https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx_MOBLcdCzoc1VYMHhqNkVpZXM/edit?usp=docslist_api   I will be leaving my village for the next two weeks for a few different reasons. I'll be spending Halloween weekend at Lake Kivu, to hang out with some other health 6 PCVs before spending the week in Kigali for our IST (in service training). After this training in which I hope to be equipped with the tools and knowledge to start incorporating long term projects into my community (well...I can only hope...) I will be spending the following week helping my fellow southern volunteers lead a boys camp in Muhanga district.  It shall be an eventful next ...

It's been awhile since my last post, but I just wanted to quickly update you all on the past few weeks here in Rwanda! Our country director, Jen, challenged my PC health 6 group to stay at our sites for the first 8 weeks without leaving except for PC meetings or emergencies. For doing this we are invited to thanksgiving dinner at her house in Kigali! I managed to stick to this, and only left my site for meetings, so I'm envisioning turkey and mashed potatoes in the near future! My past few weeks at site have been very busy, thanks to finally getting in a lot of my CNA interview home visits and other activities with my health center. My main problem/ pretty much only issue at work is coordinating home visits with community health workers, since they're volunteers as well they often don't have the time to accompany me to visit families or are unable to keep their "appointments" with me. Because of this I have been doing the majority of my home visits alone which...