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on M&S Diary (Sierra Leone), 24/Jan/2007 13:52, 34 days ago
Well folks, our time in Freetown is drawing to a close. In February, Maro and I are leaving the mad, fuggy rush of the city and heading about 100km south to a small town called Moyamba. It looks a little less like this:and a little more like this:Apparently there are only 2 other white people there (giving us a break from the NGO swamp that exists in Freetown), but also an Indian convent where they sell great curry! Beyond bizzarre for small-town Sierra Leone, but it swung it for me!Maro is going to be working for the District Council there, to help give them some direction for how to spend a newly aquired HIV/AIDs budget. She's also hoping to work with a VSO agricultural partner to help them incorporate some HIV training in their programmes.And me? Not quite so worked out yet, but hopefully a little less media mayhem and a little more face time, coordinating the education work around elections in a more hands-on, local way.In any case we are thoruoughly looking forward to getting to know more Sierra Leoneans in deeper ways that aren't too easy in the city. This will mean we'll be offline, but hope to pick up emails on occassional returns to the capital. But we'll still be textable, and continue to appreciate all your little messages of encouragement, gossip and connection.