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Created on 2005-07-29 22:51:53 (#7877219), last updated 2007-08-01
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Basic Info| Name: | Joelle |
|---|---|
| Birthdate: | 02-04 |
| Location: | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso |
BioDear Reader,
This is a journal chronicling my stint in the Peace Corps from August 2005 until October 2007.
I am currently a health volunteer, acting as a liaison between the community and its rural clinic in the village of Koukouldi. The clinic covers an area of a little over 6,000 people.
There are two nurses at my clinic, a pharmacy worker that sells basic pharmaceuticals, and a manager who really more serves as a translator.
People in my region are almost all Lyele in ethnicity, which is a subcategory of the Gourounsi people. Most of the people in Burkina are Mossi; the official language is French.
Koukouldi is 18 k outside the third largest city in Burkina, called Koudougou. I have three PCV neighbors within 25 k of me. In this way I consider myself extremely lucky.
I bike everywhere and am in the best shape of my life.
This journal tends to have a journalistic bent to it, as that was the degree I received in college. One purpose of this journal is to give the untold stories here a voice. I dont care about or really want credit; I want to strive to tell the truth about their lives because it is important to me. But I cant promise to leave out the ordinary. I dont want people to think what Im doing is glamorous or romantic.
I try to be careful about spelling and grammar, but in all honesty anyone who has a livejournal can attest that the spell check system is very tedious and Internet time here is expensive. Plus, I am very slowly forgetting English.
*This journal contains my own thoughts and oppinions and is not affiliated with the Peace Corps
If you want my address in Burkina Faso, either comment with your email or email me.
If you want to be added as a friend, comment.
This is a journal chronicling my stint in the Peace Corps from August 2005 until October 2007.
I am currently a health volunteer, acting as a liaison between the community and its rural clinic in the village of Koukouldi. The clinic covers an area of a little over 6,000 people.
There are two nurses at my clinic, a pharmacy worker that sells basic pharmaceuticals, and a manager who really more serves as a translator.
People in my region are almost all Lyele in ethnicity, which is a subcategory of the Gourounsi people. Most of the people in Burkina are Mossi; the official language is French.
Koukouldi is 18 k outside the third largest city in Burkina, called Koudougou. I have three PCV neighbors within 25 k of me. In this way I consider myself extremely lucky.
I bike everywhere and am in the best shape of my life.
This journal tends to have a journalistic bent to it, as that was the degree I received in college. One purpose of this journal is to give the untold stories here a voice. I dont care about or really want credit; I want to strive to tell the truth about their lives because it is important to me. But I cant promise to leave out the ordinary. I dont want people to think what Im doing is glamorous or romantic.
I try to be careful about spelling and grammar, but in all honesty anyone who has a livejournal can attest that the spell check system is very tedious and Internet time here is expensive. Plus, I am very slowly forgetting English.
*This journal contains my own thoughts and oppinions and is not affiliated with the Peace Corps
If you want my address in Burkina Faso, either comment with your email or email me.
If you want to be added as a friend, comment.
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