So, my purpose in this blog spot, just to state the obvious, is to keep any one who is interested updated on my whereabouts and adventures as I journey off into the wild blue yonder (or into the Sahara desert) and travel, not to Timbuku, but to a few miles FURTHER into the middle of nowhere, NIGER!!!
First off, I appoligize, I am very new to this Blog Spot nonsense, and it may take me a while to figure out how it all works, but just for now, here's a little basic info on the plans:
I begin staging in Philadelphia in the first week of October 2008 and after I believe will probably be a lengthy orientation, a painful trip to the clinic to get our shots, and good long busride, we (as a group of soon-to-be Peace Corps volunteers) will be bording a plane at JFK to Niamey, Niger. (Via Paris France.. I wonder if you can see the Eiffel tower from the airport.. sigh.)
Three months or more in Niamey are used for training, and from what I understand, it will be well into this training before I will know exactly where in Niger I will be posted for the remaining two years or service. From now until then, I am learning French, Hausa, and Zarma; the three main languages of Niger... my hopes are that I become fluent in one... or maybe speak all three very badly.
MY JOB:
My super-cool official title is Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Extension, and as far as I know, I am doing just that. Most likely I will be raising sheep and goats, and well as assisting local farmers in whatever-agriculturally-related-helpwanted I can.... If you are confused at what I will be doing for two years, don't worry... so am I. I'm sure in a couple of months I will be able to readress this topic... (lets hope)
With any luck, I will be able to post and keep this updated as well as share some pictures over the next few years. So if you happen to think to yourself, 'hmm, I wonder what Nichole is up to these days?' here you go!
