Hi,
So since I last wrote I've been on another program intro and monitoring trip. I headed south of Addis to check out a slew of water, sanitation and hygiene promotion programs. The programs look good, especially since the conditions in the program areas are so, so dry! So a quick trip leaving early Monday morning and getting back Wednesday around 1. The traffic in the city was brutal! Especially since I'd had a lot of water to drink during the 5 hour drive. Ugh.
We got back and after a quick shower and change it was off to an afternoon of meetings. That was followed by another full day of meetings. Then another full day on Friday. Thursday night the power went out and the Sheraton said it's the first time in their history here that the generator hasn't worked (it was a power surge I guess). So there was no power or water from 10:30 pm Thursday until sometime after I'd headed to the office. So that was gross. A full day where I felt skanky. Boo. Normally on Friday we close around 12 noon but I was there until about 6 pm trying to finish up meetings and get caught up on emails. When you're not in the office for 1 1/2 weeks things tend to get away from you! Like turning in your timesheet. Oops.
So this weekend has been a bit about recovering, and a bit about getting to know Addis. And thanks to my friend Kimberly, a bit about doing laundry! yeah!!
Addis is a huge, huge city and because most of the streets aren't named it's kind of hard to learn your way around. But I guess I'm catching on slowly. I'm still at the hotel but hopefully not too much longer. I'm looking into a few other options this week. I can't stay here forever!! Plus it's super expensive.
I've been trying to get caught up on facebook, my personal emails and through this posting but I've been having some internet problems. Boo. So instead of loading my photos from my most recent trip to the field on this post, I've uploaded them to picasa. Hopefully this link will take you there. Enjoy!!
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| Ethio-SNNP 3/9-3/11 |
Jane
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