Fast turnaround from Peace Corps headquarters with news I did not want to hear: I don't have time to do another Partnership grant. I suspected as much, with only 5 months left to go here. It's okay. There's a reason for everything. We will have to come up with other options. Thanks to those of you who expressed interest.
I will continue to work with Sergei to see if there are some local solutions that will help him carry on his Healthy Living project. Perhaps he could do a public program at the Library, introduce his idea and materials, spread the word. Perhaps Vera at Victoria NGO has some ideas, or can lend a hand. Perhaps there are social organizations that would be interested, like the Cossacks Club. I learned about this club from PCV Mike Young at dinner the night before he returned to the States after a successful 2-year tour of duty teaching English at the University.
I'd like to know more about the Cossacks Club, so we shall see. The need for prevention and public education about HIV/Aids, safe sex, alcoholism and drug abuse, the porn lifestyle, won't go away. Such a project will improve Starbelsk's quality of life, indeed, save lives. Something will come through. I'm confident Starobelsk will get another Community Development PCV after I leave. I feel good that I could help lay the groundwork for that. If nothing else, I'll leave him or her with a possible "to do" list to consider! All the best from Sergei, and Starobelsk.
I will continue to work with Sergei to see if there are some local solutions that will help him carry on his Healthy Living project. Perhaps he could do a public program at the Library, introduce his idea and materials, spread the word. Perhaps Vera at Victoria NGO has some ideas, or can lend a hand. Perhaps there are social organizations that would be interested, like the Cossacks Club. I learned about this club from PCV Mike Young at dinner the night before he returned to the States after a successful 2-year tour of duty teaching English at the University.
I'd like to know more about the Cossacks Club, so we shall see. The need for prevention and public education about HIV/Aids, safe sex, alcoholism and drug abuse, the porn lifestyle, won't go away. Such a project will improve Starbelsk's quality of life, indeed, save lives. Something will come through. I'm confident Starobelsk will get another Community Development PCV after I leave. I feel good that I could help lay the groundwork for that. If nothing else, I'll leave him or her with a possible "to do" list to consider! All the best from Sergei, and Starobelsk.
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