Even my parents don’t know, so I figure this is long overdue. Sometimes I don’t really know how to respond to the question, “What are you doing over there?”. Because really, I’m just living. I go to work, go home, I’m making friends, seeing those friends. There is nothing too crazy or different going on in my schedule, but I’ll explain a little more about what I do for work.
3 days a week, I go to work at the Young Women’s Christian Assoc. (YWCA). This organization works with improving the lives of some of Rwandan’s most vulnerable people, including single mothers, young women, and children. I work in their communications department, doing a lot of proof-reading, being the "English expert" (if only my English teachers could see me now). I have been helping to start compile information for our upcoming Annual Report, and sometimes they invite me out to the field so I can write articles on our various programs and events.
The other 2 days a week are my ‘church days’. I have been working as the church’s gopher, doing just about anything that is asked. A lot of my duties include working with computers, as Americans seem to be much more fluent in 'computer' than Rwandese. So, I designed a brochure about the Church and their programs, I have helped with scholarship applications, washing the altar linens – although I didn’t HAVE to do that, I just wanted to, and soon, I will be travelling with the General Secretary of the church, Pastor Prince, through the country so I can hopefully write reports and articles about our progress.
Even with all of this, I seem to have a decent amount of downtime to do other things, like go to choir and church, study Kinyarwanda, and read. So, like I said, my life is nothing too crazy. Below I have a link to the YWCA’s website if you’d like to check out more!
3 days a week, I go to work at the Young Women’s Christian Assoc. (YWCA). This organization works with improving the lives of some of Rwandan’s most vulnerable people, including single mothers, young women, and children. I work in their communications department, doing a lot of proof-reading, being the "English expert" (if only my English teachers could see me now). I have been helping to start compile information for our upcoming Annual Report, and sometimes they invite me out to the field so I can write articles on our various programs and events.
The other 2 days a week are my ‘church days’. I have been working as the church’s gopher, doing just about anything that is asked. A lot of my duties include working with computers, as Americans seem to be much more fluent in 'computer' than Rwandese. So, I designed a brochure about the Church and their programs, I have helped with scholarship applications, washing the altar linens – although I didn’t HAVE to do that, I just wanted to, and soon, I will be travelling with the General Secretary of the church, Pastor Prince, through the country so I can hopefully write reports and articles about our progress.
Even with all of this, I seem to have a decent amount of downtime to do other things, like go to choir and church, study Kinyarwanda, and read. So, like I said, my life is nothing too crazy. Below I have a link to the YWCA’s website if you’d like to check out more!