AFRICAN BONANZA

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Can you guess where I'm going?

For all of those who care, I've booked a flight into Johannesburg, South Africa leaving Toronto on December 5th. I'm going to take a train to Cape Town the day after I arrive and plan to relax on a beach, barstool, and/or mountain for an entire month. One of the many joys of Africa is that once you can afford your plane ticket you can pretty much live there on almost nothing for quite a long time. Hmmmm, maybe I'll stay. Then again, this is probably why a huge portion of Africa is starving and living in poverty. Right.... that reminds me of why I'm really going. Mid January I'm heading for Kenya. I plan to stay there for about 6 months volunteering with a very new organization called WOPEGA. That's just an acronym but I've posted the link for their website below so check it out. It's written very well for someone who doesn't speak English as their first language but hopefully when I get there I can fix it up for them a bit. Anyways, so I'm going to be working in a school for orphans teaching health and nutrition type things but what I'm really excited about is the opportunity I have to write proposals to their government to get funding in order to start a feeding program. Soooooo, I'll keep some updates on this site and if anyone feels like getting out of the country and living dirt cheap while volunteering in a community that really needs your help then come over to Kenya and we'll have a place for you :) http://wepoga.googlepages.com/home. CIAO :)

3 Comments:

Blogger AMANDA said...

What? What's wrong with this entry? Noone wants to leave a comment????!!!! HAHA!!!!
I don't know why there are different colours on the map like green... it's not where I plan on going, it is just a random map I found online.... but WHO KNOWS!! Maybe I will go to all of those places! WEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

3:29 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I know you will do a great job and I know how lucky they are to have you. We are sooooo proud of you.

Mom & Dad

10:14 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hello Amanda!!! I'm not going to lie. i totally haven't read like half of what you wrote on this blog deal.. i swear i will eventually. Just wanted to say merry christmas and a happy new year from steve, deigo and i since we didn't hear from you. Tell stefan the same!
love you. take care of yourself, i dont want to havent to fly to africa to save your ass!.
love, you're favourite sister,
Ashley

3:57 PM  

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