finishing off

Another update before departure. 

I have been applying to jobs like mad. I really want to work in the youth development sector. I love teenagers and how annoying they are. Hopefully something comes out of all of this. I have remembered how much I hate applying to jobs but it is a necessary evil. 

Back in the village we have completed our youth empowerment camp! It was totally a ten out of ten. I got a little stressed at times but who wouldn't? 

Here is everything by numbers:

23 Boys

40 Girls

3 PCVs

2 Counterparts

1 RPCV

1 cone of shame dog

72 apples

60 kgs of mealie meal

408 ama buns

63 grandma made bags

48 hours of fun

1,800 kwacha

I couldn't have completed the project with the help of my friends and counterparts. Nor could I stop laughing when multiple parents told me the second their kids got home, maybe at 13:00, they went straight to bed and didn't wake up until school the next day. I felt the exact same way. I am so happy that it went so well. 

I have had to cancel the malaria camp because of the time crunch. That was a hard but wise choice I made. 

Summer's grant is going smoothly. I met with her village last week and we bought the first round of supplies to make the chicken coop. I am hoping they finish before Tuesday so I can buy the chickens for them and close out the grant! That would be awesome. 

I am going to be in Lusaka soon for COS medical. It will be my last doctor and dentist appointments before I head out. 

Time is ticking. Things are falling into place. I am grateful for the time I have left. I am trying to make it so my future ahead doesn't look so empty and full of nothing. If you hear of any good Youth Development like jobs in America or abroad, send the ideas this way. 

And that's that.