All that food right before bed during Ramadan has prompted my dormant insomnia to come raging back full force. Fortunately, as a result of all that extra time laying around in bed I've come up with a pretty cool (i think) project. What's cool about it is that it involves you guys, my dear readers- my most beloved friends and family-and everyone else in America that reads this. I know you guys are all so proud of me and so impressed and blah blah blah so here is a cheap and fun way to help me out plus you get something in return:
You send me a postcard from wherever you live in the good ole US of A and (on the same day i recieve it!) I will send you one from Senegal.
The whole point of this is to promote the second and third goals of the Peace Corps which involve cultural exchange. I plan on getting all the postcards together and showing them to the school kids in my neighboorhood while matching up the locations on a map. Cool right? You get a postcard from Africa and my young friends here get to see America. As my work here progesses I can use the postcards as a learning tool in classrooms once school starts again, in girl's and boy's clubs, in the english club at the high school, etc. I'm really excited about this and I hope you are able to help me out! Postcards cost $0.98 to send and they usually cost about a dollar at most. The kids here don't usually get to see images of America except through TV maybe. Schoolbooks here are scarce and so are magazines and other reading material. Part of the reason I'm here is to teach people about America and how great it is there so I'm hoping you'll give me the oppurtunity to do exactly that! Thanks!
My address:
Jessica Goza
BP 325
Kaolack, Senegal
West Africa
And here are some photos b/c a blog without photos sucks:
They got me to wear orange. This was at a TB event. All the volunteer health workers (relais) wore matching fabric. I look silly.
well i guess one photo since i haven't figured out picasa yet.
You send me a postcard from wherever you live in the good ole US of A and (on the same day i recieve it!) I will send you one from Senegal.
The whole point of this is to promote the second and third goals of the Peace Corps which involve cultural exchange. I plan on getting all the postcards together and showing them to the school kids in my neighboorhood while matching up the locations on a map. Cool right? You get a postcard from Africa and my young friends here get to see America. As my work here progesses I can use the postcards as a learning tool in classrooms once school starts again, in girl's and boy's clubs, in the english club at the high school, etc. I'm really excited about this and I hope you are able to help me out! Postcards cost $0.98 to send and they usually cost about a dollar at most. The kids here don't usually get to see images of America except through TV maybe. Schoolbooks here are scarce and so are magazines and other reading material. Part of the reason I'm here is to teach people about America and how great it is there so I'm hoping you'll give me the oppurtunity to do exactly that! Thanks!
My address:
Jessica Goza
BP 325
Kaolack, Senegal
West Africa
And here are some photos b/c a blog without photos sucks:
They got me to wear orange. This was at a TB event. All the volunteer health workers (relais) wore matching fabric. I look silly.
well i guess one photo since i haven't figured out picasa yet.
you.look.amazing.
ReplyDeletei want to send a card but now i have anxiety about choosing the perfect image for you to show senegalese school children..e
ava is right.
ReplyDeletealso, i will participate as well. but will it be too many LA postcards?
ava, thank you. don't worry about it, anything with that shows LA works!
ReplyDeletekoobz, thanks again for the package. i read all the trashy magazines already and then when i got to newsweek i could only handle the comics. also, no such thing as too many LA postcards. tell all your friends about this too. this is a real live PC project. they are helping to educate the children of the world.
I want to wear your outfit for halloween! I'm working on getting you recent psych episodes because I know how much you like shawn and gus' antics. Hope you're keeping it real and not letting that Wolof ruin your American street cred. Also, I'm sending you a postcard of LA. Girls in bikinis rollerskating on venice boardwalk, the hollywood sign, people on the beach wearing neon wayfarers, stuff that truly represents LA! Ttyl okthxbai
ReplyDeletei would like another update.
ReplyDeletesincerely,
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