PEPFAR girls as of March 2008!

PEPFAR girls as of March 2008!
Ok, Hannah's missing and Jess (far right) just went home, so we're 7

PEPFAR girls-the original group, all 12 of us!

PEPFAR girls-the original group, all 12 of us!
Training group following the swearing in ceremony at the US Ambassor's residence on Nov. 30, 2006

Thursday, November 30, 2006

The end of training!

So how is this for incredible? All 12 of us who left Philadelphia managed to stay in Uganda for the 2 months of training! Rarely does an entire training group make it through training without losing any trainees. We have definitely had our ups and downs but we are definitely a strong group of women! So today I can finally call myself true volunteer. We were sworn in at the Ambassador's residence and then released to the care of our Supervisors and our communities around Uganda. I am looking forward to settling in my community in the Western part of the country and beginning work with the clinic and resource centre I have been assigned to.

Saturday, November 11, 2006

My first blog from Uganda!


Ok, continuing my slow transition into the 21st Century I have created a blog. This way I don't have to overwhelm everyone with my infrequent mass emails. I promise to update as often as possible but it definitely depends on how much I have to spend to stay on the internet! I just wanted to post this picture of the group of 12 trainees I came to Uganda with. When I have some more time I will write a little about my site visit and post a picture of my new home! As of the posting of this blog all of the trainees are still here in Uganda and we are having (overall) a great time! Training is of course difficult but we are all looking forward to getting to our sites and starting to work in our communities!