The volunteer exodus begins
on Rob Wootton (Zambia), 27/Nov/2011 19:26, 34 days ago
Something which I had failed to appreciate before coming out to Zambia to volunteer is how transient volunteering can appear, particularly where I am a long term volunteer (two years) and everyone else comes and goes around me. In Mazabuka the VSO vols like Peter, Andrew and Phyl have already arrived and departed and over the next month or so many of the non-VSO vols (mainly my Italian friends) will be moving on. Of course new people will arrive and new friendships will be formed but I have been very, very lucky with the people that I have got to know and shared many happy times with since I came out here. My timing could not have been much better. And so the leaving process started this weekend with a goodbye party for Lucia and Francesca (and it was Roberto’s birthday party too). I have a vague memory of getting muddy playing football at some early hour and not feeling too great the next day. Good times and with all these new friends the opportunities to travel to other countries increases more and more.