In the Meantime...

So far our time in Malawi has been a mini-vacation. I know what I will be doing for the next 9 months - time just goes on a different way here. I have had meetings and discussed what I would like to do with quite a few people, now it is just about waiting for the official start of my internship at Mzuni. For those out of the loop, I will be working with the ICT department and the University Library to develop and expand the technical side of the university's web server and internet-based learning initiatives. Also, I will be working with the Children's Librarian, who absolutely loves proposals. With him I will be writing, writing and writing proposals about new partnerships, existing partnerships, new initiatives, funding, etc. for the university. Both areas will be interesting and help me gain experience, but the proposal writing will be closer to application of my degree. What I am both excited and nervous about is an opportunity to teach a couple of classes of a course within the land management department on development policy. I will be doing an introduction to policy to the level 2s - this is directly related to my degree. With all this work ahead of me, right now I am just relaxing and having a bit of a summer, even though right now it is winter in Malawi.