Hello all,
Just a short update, I forgot my card reader so i will not be able to post any pics but soon I will have pics of my house. Every thing is still good. I spent the last week in Dedza training the new pcv's how to make soap. Everyone was very impressed with my training and the quality of my soap... so im feeling proud.

Now im back in Lilongwe for my mid-service physical I'm very healthy and ive lost bout 30 lbs since being in country but I have a lump on my breast and they decided to send me to S. Africa to have it removed and tested. I'm not very concerned but it's surgery and Ill be alone... so that kinda sucks but no worries. The diahrea is improving, so thats good.

My project will be posted on www.peacecorps.gov in the next couple of days. Its for environmental education for secondary students and I beg you to help these really fantastic kids make a better future for themselves and Malawi. Soon I will be creating a blog site with their pictures and our activities so you can follow along with the project. Its tax deductable and unlike most organization's that you donate too... 100% of the money goes to the kids. They will learn about the environment and wildlife as well as new environmentally friendly skills that can give them a way to find money such as bee-keeping, mushroom farming and raising tree's and other plants from seed.

My newest project is permaculture/irrigation farming with my good friends in my village. I just set up a training for them at the end of this month with ex-PCV's who live here and practice permaculture. Im really excited about this because its a great thing to introduce in to the village because it will be a demonstration to others of how to farm in such a way that they do not go hungry and I will really learn a lot through the implementation of this project. I think by the mid of April I will have submitted a proposal for that.

So that's all I got for now. Im headed back to Chulu tomorrow where I will remain untill the end of the month, then I will come back to Lilongwe for the permaculture training. After that I will go to S. Africa on wednesday April 3rd and will return the week after. Then back to site for a few weeks then back to lilongwe for our mid-service training in Dedza.

Love you, take care
Ja-Chi

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