After 6 calls (over 2 hours) this morning, I did finally speak to a placement officer. He was very nice and friendly and trying to do his best to take care of all of us displaced Lesotho people. He went over my information and said he would like to put me in a program departing Mid-February 2011 for a Sub Saharan African country. The program is called "Nonformal Primary Education Training" and should be similar to what I was going to do in Lesotho. He said my invite should be sent out today and they will expedite it so it should be here by Friday. From what I can tell, it will probably be one of two countries, Namibia or Zambia. I have a slight preference for Zambia, but am not going to get my hopes up.
I'm glad I have this settled and have another invitation on the way. Although, it doesn't really make me feel any better about Lesotho being canceled. Now I have to figure out what to do for the next 4 months. I've been looking to see if there are any temporary teaching positions open and sent a few e-mails already to look into that.
I'm glad you already have another invitation on the way! It sucks you will have to wait so long to go again :( but now you can be sure that you couldn't be more prepared to go!
ReplyDeleteThat's the same program/time frame I'm nominated for - I had it narrowed down to Uganda and South Africa in addition to the two you mentioned. (Although, SA is probably more beginning of the month) I'm glad to hear that you got another invite so soon!
ReplyDeleteIt is awesome that they were so quick to get you a new invite. Now you can psych yourself up about your new country :)
ReplyDeleteThanks guys. I am still waiting on my invite to arrive. I am pretty sure it is not Namibia, as Namibia staff has stated they are only expecting health volunteers. Also, should not be SA, as they are also expecting health volunteers. I do not think it is Uganda (2/9), b/c the last date given by my PO was either 1/31 or 2/7. So, it is still possibly Zambia, or a whole new country that I haven't considered yet (I heard a rumor that there was a new education program approved for an African country that has not had education before, but not sure when that is happening).
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