I just got word today that the work on my apartment is finished. I will have a place to live when I return to Lyon! The guy who did all the work sent pictures, and it looks great. It’s all oak, dark beige tile, light beige marble and stainless steel/chrome. I will still need to arrange the inside of the big closet, brush the old beamed ceiling, sand and finish the plaster, and paint, but I enjoy that. Besides, it is so small that it should go pretty rapidly. And the only ceilings to paint are in the bathroom and kitchen.
I will be leaving here at the beginning of May. My replacement has already been in contact. It’s another American, who has been with MSF about the same amount of time that I have. He arrives around mid-April, so we should have a couple of weeks of handover, then he can take a quick tour of the projects (about a week) before I go.
In the meantime, I will be busy. My financial assistant is moving to Khartoum to work with MSF there. He will be replaced by someone from one of our other sites, but I will need to do some training. My human resources assistant is finally moving here from our old coordination site in El Geneina (plus I loaned him to the Khartoum office for the last month) next week and we will have to get him installed. And my transit assistant will be taking some long-postponed vacation time after training his new short-term replacement.
I am trying to get some additional procedures in place before I go. The human resources side is getting into shape. I go to Bulbul Abu Jazou to recruit some staff on Monday. I have just put into place a system for financial analysis, which should help me keep better track of our expenses. It will also help me with the quarterly budget revision, which should be done before the end of March. Then I will need to do the personnel evaluations for my staff and prepare my handover reports and end-of-mission reports.
I hope to stay in France 3-4 months this time, to finish up the apartment, get back for a short visit to Indiana, and RELAX A BIT. But you never know with MSF – it’s better to stay flexible.
I will be leaving here at the beginning of May. My replacement has already been in contact. It’s another American, who has been with MSF about the same amount of time that I have. He arrives around mid-April, so we should have a couple of weeks of handover, then he can take a quick tour of the projects (about a week) before I go.
In the meantime, I will be busy. My financial assistant is moving to Khartoum to work with MSF there. He will be replaced by someone from one of our other sites, but I will need to do some training. My human resources assistant is finally moving here from our old coordination site in El Geneina (plus I loaned him to the Khartoum office for the last month) next week and we will have to get him installed. And my transit assistant will be taking some long-postponed vacation time after training his new short-term replacement.
I am trying to get some additional procedures in place before I go. The human resources side is getting into shape. I go to Bulbul Abu Jazou to recruit some staff on Monday. I have just put into place a system for financial analysis, which should help me keep better track of our expenses. It will also help me with the quarterly budget revision, which should be done before the end of March. Then I will need to do the personnel evaluations for my staff and prepare my handover reports and end-of-mission reports.
I hope to stay in France 3-4 months this time, to finish up the apartment, get back for a short visit to Indiana, and RELAX A BIT. But you never know with MSF – it’s better to stay flexible.
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