End of week 1
on Thea's Blog (Uganda), 04/Jul/2009 08:36, 34 days ago
So end of the first week. It's been quite an illuminating time. I knew that RRPJ have what was euphemistically described to me as 'financial worries', but I didn't realise until this week quite how worrisome these were. It turns out that the rent is paid till the end of August, the internet until the middle of August, but then the money runs out altogether. Vickie, RFPJ's coordinator and my sole colleague, is confident that we can limp on for a few months longer, possibly until the end of the year. In short, I have an absolute maximum of 6 months to bring in a reasonable level of funds or RFPJ will no longer exist and I'll be out of a job.It is a little bit stressful, but actually I'm quite pleased that my role here is so clearly defined (not to mention time-bound!). I understand that some of the other VSOs have had to carve their role out for themselves, which I think would be quite hard work. I've got lots to be getting on with and it seems at this stage to be pretty clear how I can be useful for the organisation. It would be a lot lot worse to be sitting around with nothing to do, wondering why on earth I'd come all this way.