The good news is that my apartment is finished and I should finish moving my stuff from Savoie tomorrow.
I am very happy with the place, although it took me longer to finish the plaster and painting than I had anticipated. Anyway, it will be ready for me when I return in a year.
I have enjoyed my time back in France going to concerts, other spectacles, bars and restaurants. I have gained back some weight and am ready to attack my time in Congo. Actually, I am thrilled to be going back there.
Apparently, there is a lot of work to do on the "big" topics: staff follow-up, salary scale, budget follow-up and analysis. Fortunately, my Paris contacts for human resources and finance are the same ones I had for Darfur. So we are used to working together.
We are about 30 international staff and 700 national staff, bigger than Darfur. Our programs in 3 sites include war injuries (including surgery), cooperation with a district hospital, victims of sexual violence, malnutrition, and mobile clinics. There should be enough to do!
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Hi Ed!!
Congratulations, you did a great work on your flat, it looks cosy;).
I am writing from the coordination in Nairobi, just arrived at the office and learnt that I would be staying 2 nights longer, as we changed airlines from Nairobi to Juba for safety reasons. I guess that's the beginning of the adventure with MSF... Write and read you soon. Rouxiane
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