One more month!

Today marks the one month point before leaving for Mali so I thought I'd update the blog. I've been back at home in Issaquah getting ready, spending time with my family, and truly appreciating the luxuries that life in a first world country affords us! My French studying is probably not coming along as well as it should, but it's coming.

So what exactly will I be doing in West Africa? Like I said, it's a health education position, so I'll be setting up and running various community programs on things like nutrition, maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, water borne disease prevention, things like that. I'll also most likely be working in a health clinic for a few hours every day. The Peace Corps is very grassroots/ self-motivated so it sounds like alot of what I do will be based on what the community and I decide is needed. Which is great:)

I have my address for the first 2 months of training in Bamako and would love to send and recieve mail. Just remember it can take a month to get there, but even after I leave the training site I'll always be able to come back here and pick stuff up.
Rachel Emmick, PCT
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 85
Bamako, Mali

There you have it. Ciao per adesso i miei amici!

with Mary and Diane at Nyumbani in Kenya