SO after the craziness that is a regular week in Africa just trying to get something done, you can imagine my reaction when Friday morning I got an email from the grant person who said "when am I going to get those forms?" Are you kidding me?? I about blew a gasket. As it turns out, their internet down in the office wasn't working right, and the emails with the signed forms did get there, they just hadn't gotten to her inbox! Phew. Supposedly the grant will be processed this week! Cheers!
Now that that one is done, I'll be sending in the application for the grant for the National Spelling Bee. Knowing what I know about Beninese people, and considering the same person will handle that grant as the latrine grant, I thought it best not to apply for both at the same time. The application is done, though, and this time I had last year's application to work off of, so it should be mostly correct and go through quickly.
This particular application is for what we call a PCPP, or a Peace Corps Partnership Program grant. If you followed my blog last year you may remember I sent out a request for donations for the National bee. Well, I'll be sending that out again this year, as the PCPP is funded by friends and family donations on the Peace Corps website. I'll send out more specific information as it gets approved and posted online, but for now, keep it in mind. A way to really make a difference in the lives of the students I work with!
Okay. Well, standfast for the elections starts today which means I won't be leaving post for awhile. It's okay as I don't really have a reason to leave/want to leave! There have been lots of marches and rallys for the candidates, but no violence so far, let's pray it stays that way! I look on the news websites and all I read about these days is unrest around the world.
Hope y'all are doing well! Shoot me an email! Love, Kris
PS the wish list to the right is new!
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