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This blog will be an account my life working in a Refugee camp in Northern Zambia called Mwange. For the next year, I will be working for Right to Play, a sport and development organization based out of Toronto. What follows will be a life altering experience. Stay tuned....
Monday, April 25, 2005
April 10th
Today, was a really fabulous day. A couple friends took me out to some waterfalls, about an hour's walk from town, where we went swimming. It was so beautiful! And as it is nearing the end of the rainy season, the falls were at their strongest! It was so refreshing to swim and float down the river… The only unfortunate part was that I burned myself really badly! Next time I need to load up on sunscreen. From there we went to a local bar to relax to some good music and drink. I didn’t like being in the bar so much as you always tend to see the same people drinking and most of them will sit there all day getting drunk. On top of that, some of the people are the town's respected citizens: teachers and police officers – and on top of that, some of them should be at work!
At night, it was so exciting to get our first call from my parents on our satellite phone! So good to talk to them! I miss you all terribly… It’s been a tough go of it for this first month, getting used to the slowness of life and the job and all the new people, but I think I’m starting to fit in and adjusting to all the stares and weird questions that I get from people…. Now, if I could only get used to the bats, mice, cockroaches, ants and lizards in my ceiling…
