Goodbye Tarcs!
on A Zambian Experience (Zambia), 02/Mar/2011 08:51, 34 days ago
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I've just heard the sad news that my VSO colleague and good friend Tarcs has passed away. I remember Tarcs fondly as the guy who came in on my intake back in 2009. He was from the Phillipines and CEO of various companies and extremely experienced. According to him he was going through a 'mid life crisis' and wanted to do something worthy for a change and he certainly did that after moving out to Zambia to support the Kalomo District Council with fundraising.Tarcs was great fun and was always smiling! He would joke with all of us about having lost so much weight in his first 2 months of living in Zambia as he couldn't get access to his favourite dishes from home.He would even laugh at himself for his Internet obsession. His first words to me were 'do you think I'd be able to get internet in Kalomo?' (Kalomo being a tiny village in the middle of Southern Province). He was also very giving and up until recently would always send hilarious updates on his facebook and check into see how we were doing in Zambia. Tarcs will be missed around the world and I feel very honoured to have met and worked with him. Tarcs Taruc RIP
