I will be leaving for Niger sooner than expected; Friday 8 September. The admin I am replacing leaves earlier in the week, so there won't be much of a gap. I will miss my collegues from the Departure Desk here in Paris, where I worked for two months. It's a great group. They work hard, but they laugh a lot, too. I hope the tools I put together help them in their tasks.
The flight from Paris to Niamey, the capital of Niger is direct, a rarity for MSF flights. (To get to RD Congo, it was Paris/Brusselles, Brusselles/Entebbe and Entebbe/Beni.) Then, there will be a 10 hour drive from Niamey to Maradi.
Niger
One of the people in my admin training group is the admin in Tibiri, very close to Maradi. And another will be joining us in October as the capital admin in Niamey.
I will be in Niger for at least 6 months. I don't know what the internet situation is in Maradi, but I imagine that there are internet cafés; it's one of the main cities. My mailing address is:
Ed Brumit - Maradi, Niger
MSF
8, rue St. Sabin
75011 Paris FRANCE
I will probably be just as bad as ever about keeping in touch. Sorry. But I will try to update this blog from time to time.
