Day 17

Top ten reasons I love trainings from my organization:

Number 10: free office supplies

Number 9: seeing blue cleaner in a Western toilet

Number 8: electricity

Number 7: getting a chance to see the volcanoes in the North and being reminded I need motion sickness pills

Number 6: getting fed every 3 hours

Number 5: visiting with other PCVs

Number 4: walking up in a five star hotel and thinking I’m in America

Number 3: hot showers

Number 2: free wireless

And the number 1 reason I love trainings from my organization is: watching grown Rwandan men play Simon Says


If you are wondering how Rwandan trainings/conferences are different than American, they are actually very similar. There is an agenda. We did an ice breaker – drawing our hand and each finger was a getting to know you question. Reminded me of Ele’s Place. I drew my hand to be giving the peace sign – had to spice things up a bit. One of the questions was what did you notice on the drive over here to this new city in the north. Mine answer was it’s colder and I need to take motion sickness pills. A lot of people in the room were agriculturalists so they repeatedly noticed soil erosion and poor crop placement. I love seeing things from a different perspective.