The Task Ahead

In 1994 the government of Suriname formally invited Peace Corps to establish a rural community development program designed to assist its Amerindian and Maroon communities in the country's rural interior. Today, more than 300 volunteers have served in the country, including the 40 presently serving.

In February 2011 I too was invited to serve as a volunteer in Suriname. I was assigned to the Community Economic Development (CED) program, which strives to promote participatory community development, children and youth skills development and sustainable business practices. I hope to use this blog to inform family and friends about my activities, adventures and mishaps. Enjoy!

Sunday, April 29, 2012

A Few Funny Tid Bits


Item 1:
(Apologies to Pam, who has already heard this story).  About a week ago, I was sitting in the large plastic bucket that serves as my bathtub. As usual I'm washing, relaxing, scrubbing the jungle grub off my feet and kind of zoning out. Then I happened to focus on the bottle of body lotion I've been using twice a day for about four months, sent in a care package from my former colleagues at UTC, and something catches my eye...

It says, "Intensive care for damaged hair." 

"For damaged hair?" I think. Why would I be putting body lotion on my hair? Then I look again.

"Daily moisturizing conditioner," it reads, very clearly.

I HAVE BEEN USING THE DOVE HAIR CONDITIONER AS BODY LOTION FOR FOUR MONTHS!!! My idiocy clearly knows no bounds. However, since I have not developed a skin disease as a result and very much like the smell, I think I will continue to use the hair product on my skin. Why not, right?

Item 2:
So the village of Ricanaumoffo has no regular electricity, no running water, no middle school, no gas station, etc. It does, however, have an Avon representative. That’s right! We have a local Avon salesperson who distributes the cosmetics/accessories catalogues and takes orders right there on the Cottica River. Who da thunk it?

Cool Stats About My Blog
Google now offers its blog subscribers free analytics.  Below is a highlight of the stats from my page.

·      Pageviews by Country: 99, United States; 7, Suriname; 2, United Kingdom; 1, Austria; 1, Canada; 1, Cameroon; 1, Spain; 1, Haiti; 1, Kenya; 1, the Netherlands.
·      Pageviews by Operating System: 61%, Windows; 19%, Mac; 11%, Android; 3%, iPad; 2%, Linux; 1%, iPhone; 1%, other.
·      As a point of interest on social networking, more people access this blog from Facebook than all of the other referring sites.

My last post received 75 pageviews.  That’s a big increase from the last few posts, but still down from the first three. Thanks for reading!

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