Katherine's Blog

Associates and interested parties,

Hi everyone, 

First of all, I apologize for my infrequent posts. Tanzania's government-run power supply company (TANESCO) has instituted 12-hour power cuts each day, but really that's if we're lucky. I've also been ill this week and had to take a couple days off, so here's a little bit of what's been going on... 

Hey hey,

For the last week or so I've been having (more) computer issues, so my access to the internet is....intermittent. I've been computer hopping when my colleagues are at meetings, but rarely have access to skype, email, and the shared drive which I've been working off of at the same time. For those reasons, I have been a little out of the loop, and my messages brief! 

This week my direct supervisor returned from a two week mission, and it was awesome to finally meet her! There was a lot of debriefing to do, so this meant A LOT of meetings, which was actually a great way for me to catch up on what's been going on with the Youth-to-Youth Fund in Uganda and Kenya. As we are preparing to launch the 2011 round, there were many a "lessons learned" discussion - very informative for a newbie. In order to ensure sustainability of the program (i.e.