Saturday, May 18, 2013

Clown for Dancing Party

This is the 2013 Agahozo Shalom 'class of cousins'. I.e., this year's ASYV volunteers. We're 9 people from the US, Israel and Nigeria and in addition to being assigned a family we all have different jobs.  Though everyone get's pulled into all kinds of things, here's a rough rundown L-R:


  1. Elizabeth is from NYC and is working with the Alumni (college aps, scholorship search, etc.).
  2. Michelle is from Pittsburg/Philly and coordinates English Learning for kids and staff.
  3. Avi is from Israel and organizes guests and visitors (& teaches carpentry).
  4. Kome is from Nigeria and organizes the sports programs the village (teams and rec).
  5. Shira is from California and works on village internal and external communications.
  6. Miki is from Florida, back for a second year of lording over the Science Center.
  7. Isabel is from DC and Middlebury and teaches Art.
  8. Me - Professionals Skills: CV creation, Career Awareness, Teaching TOEFL.
  9. Jerrod is from Denver and teaches Music and Theater.

Want to be in next year's photo?  You can apply here:  http://www.asyv.org/application

If you do, you might get to see a lot of interesting things, including:

a)  A neon orange moth on your sink when you get up to brush your teeth: 

b) The scariest mask.  [The small print describes this item as a "Clown for Dancing Party" Indeed. I will not be attending said "Dancing Party" thank you very much.  RwF 2500 is ~ $3.75]

 c) This is my gym now.  These are two paint cans filled with cement separated by a broom handle.  Since I hurt my Achilles and can't run I am trying to lift to still do something at all for fitness.  Hopefully this is the amount weight you like, because in Rwamagana there's no adding 5 pounds a set until you max out.

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