My Future Home (November 27th, 2007)

Voggu, Tolon Kumbungu, Northern Region

Today was the big day when we found out where we will be stationed the next two years.

I am happy with my site. It is an hour outside of Tamale, a big central city, but I am in a small village of 1,619 people. I will not have electricity or running water but I will have my own house. It is a new site near other new sites to focus on Guinea Worm eradication. My primary focus will be creative Health Education in the community of farmers. I will be encouraged to develop novel health education tools and programs. The national Guinea Worm Eradication Program (GWEP) may be able to support programs with a written budget. Yea.

I will be fairly close to 6 others doing similar things. We are a good group. There is also a Volunteer who has been there a year who will be close by and is apparently very good and serious about photography. He does nice slide shows I hear. Also, there is a Deaf Art School PCV teacher pretty close. Repeat Yea.