Where in the World...

Where in the World...

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Staging is Over!!

heeelllloooo!!!!

So, we just finished the second day of Staging in Philadelphia. Talking about Togo and our upcoming experience for 2 days has me very excited about leaving!! Everyone seems really great in my training group so far! There are 31 of us that are heading to Togo tomorrow--15 of those are Girls Education & Empowerment (GEE) and 16 are Natural Resource Management (NRM). They all seem like really great, like-minded people so I'm very excited to spend more time with them as well.

Tomorrow will consist of a trip to the clinic to get shots ( YIKES!!!! ) and then some waiting around in the airport and we fly out tomorrow at 6:45 p.m.!!!

From what I understand, I should have some access to the internet for the first 3 months of training so I hope to be able to get all your messages and update my blog frequently. I hope that is the case because I have really enjoyed and appreciated all messages thus far. Thank you all for your love and support...

Please keep me updated about your own lives as you all have plenty going on that I don't want to miss!

much love,
-k


"what you do speaks so loud
that i cannot hear what you say"
-ralph waldo emerson

3 comments:

Kyle said...

hey hon i hope ur enjoying the exciting time that this is!!, shawn's wedding was great yesterday, i i hope you are doing well and you like the ppl you are with, i just wanted to let u know i got the card and i was thinking of you. miss you and all my best..

Dipti said...

Hey Kara, hope you're doing good in Togo. Take a look at this blog I found (Blogs of note!): http://togowestafrica.blogspot.com/
Laters.

lizzbreath said...

Hey Kara!
I hope things are well in Togo! How are you doing with the dialect of French in your little community? I bet it is hard, but you will perservere...I know it! Where there is a will, there is a way. I hope to hear from you and also hope you get to be on the internet often.
I love ya and miss you!
Beth.

Moringa

Moringa is a plant that contains essential vitamins and minerals often lacking in the Togolese diet. The tree can be used in a variety of ways to treat problems of malnutrition and water-borne illness. The leaves of the tree can be eaten or dried and crushed into a powder that can be added to sauces or sprinkled on top of any dish; the seeds of the plant can be turned into cooking oil as well as used to purify water. To illustrate the advantage of this plant: the leaves of a moringa tree contain seven times the vitamin C than one orange, four times the Vitamin A than a serving of carrots, four times the calcium contained on one glass of milk, three times the potassium than one banana, and two times the protein contained in one serving of yogurt! Moringa Fest was an event that I participated in that was planned by a Peace Corps volunteer in a village called Notse. The PCV has been completing a two year promotional initiative on the benefits of incorporating moringa into the Togolese diet.

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