Sooo umm where is Malawi?
Malawi is in eastern Africa. It shares borders with Tanzania, Zambia, and Mozambique. Its land area is about the size of Indiana.
What will you be doing?
Lots of things, probably. According to the Peace Corps my title is Teacher Development Facilitator. My primary duties will include:
Improving knowledge skills and attitudes of male secondary school teachers in English, Math and Science through skill transfer and enhancing resource development and availability in cluster schools. The project also seeks to strengthen links between cluster schools and communities.
Teacher development facilitators are expected to: assist the cluster leader head school in the development and functioning of the the cluster working group; act as a resource to teacher undergoing distance learning and to the rest of the teachers in the cluster; submit professional development work schedules to the cluster leader at the beginning of each term; promote mobilization of resources in the cluster; monitor and evaluate the progress of the training sessions; maintain teacher activity and attendance records; visit and assist teachers in schools.
So, that is the plan. Let's see what happens. : )
What is Malawi like? (I am not really sure but this what the Peace Corps training manual has to say):
Economy- Agriculture accounts for half its GDP. Tobacco, tea, and sugar create more than 70% of export earnings.
People and Culture -Malawi has a population of about 12 million people. English and Chichewa are the two official languages, though they are six principal tribes with linguistic differences. Christian is the predominant religion, though there are large Islamic populations throughout the country.
Government -Malawi has a parliamentary style government with the president as the head of state.
Food- Nsima (a thick corn porridge) is the staple food in Malawi. It is often served with vegetables and beans.
dates please!
The Malawi group meets in Philadelphia on September 25. We have a training session from 3-7pm. Then it gets crazy...
September 26, 2009
2:30am check out of hotel
3:00am drive to NY
11:35am flight to South Africa (15 hours...)
the next day...
September 27, 2009
11:40 flight to Lilongwe, Malawi
Can I send a package? (okay, I added this one in case)
OF COURSE! My address is on the blog, it will change once I move to my permanent site.
This is a helpful website with suggestions and mailing tips.
http://www.friendsofmalawi.org/learn_about_malawi/money_and_materials.html
If you send an envelope use a $0.98 stamp. If you send a package use a padded envelope. Make sure to put AIR MAIL (PAR AVION) on everything. When labeling the package you should make it as general as possible (cookies and energy bars = nutritional supplements, books and magazines = educational material, etc)
You could send....
Letters from you!
Powdered drink mixes
Dried fruit
Energy bars (Clif and Luna are my favorite)
Spices
Cookies : )
Gum
Magazines
Books
If you have any more specific questions let me know. Please please keep in touch!
loads of love,
elisabeth
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