Mr Mboge and I finally received the funds to go on trek. Our mission, should we choose to accept, was to travel the length of the country in 6 days, visiting 7 Senior Secondary Schools, interviewing head teachers, volunteer teachers and students to monitor the National Volunteer Teacher Programme. Finally I had some real work to get my teeth stuck into and about time too because I was on the verge of giving up. I was nervous about spending a week with my boss but...

Forgive me for not being in touch with you all sooner but I really couldn't be bothered to blog, just like I couldn't be bothered to go to work or even to get out of bed some days. I take heart from the fact that VSO warned us this would happen. They said that there is a natural cycle to volunteering in which you're initial excitement of being in a new country turns into frustration due to the difficulties of adapting to a new culture. Apparently it's just a p...

Last week I met my future employer for the first time at an Employers' workshop arranged by VSO as part of the training. Abdoulie Mboge is a Senior Education Officer at the Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education (MoBSE). I will be working with him on the National Volunteer Teachers project. Mboge and I came up with a plan for what we would do in our first 3 weeks at work which includes a general induction to the offices, the staff and the project. I've not w...