Checking In on an Old Project

As you all probably have noticed, I can be a sporadic blog post-er.  I start numerous entries but life, classes, or whatever result in never hitting the orange "publish" button.  My time as a Peace Corps Response Volunteer last year was the same and in the end, I posted very few entries, and even fewer about my actual work.

Well, in case you were curious about what I did in Senegal last year, besides hang around Thies, act in a movie (that has been making the rounds of films fests!) and visit my village, you should check out my friend Lisa's blog.  Lisa took over with Plan Senegal where I left off, mainly in training NGO staff on our curriculum, starting the program, and even more important, UPDATING and IMPROVING the curriculum based on the FEEDBACK of instructors and participants.  She has gotten into all sorts of monitoring and evaluation to track participant and instructor progress and has really knocked this project out of the park, all while being super busy with tons of other activities.  You go girl!

This entry is a nice follow-up to the work that I started, and how it was improved. http://lisadidwhat.blogspot.com/2012/09/guys-love-girls-with-life-skills-and.html?spref=fb

I can't wait to get my hands on a new copy of the manual and see how things have changed based on the realities in the field.  Great job, Lisa!  (She finishes up her service in April, wow how time flies!)

*Lisa is another Midwest girl, from Valpo but residing in Chicago pre-PC.