No more waiting.....for an invite :)

SO................after abour 1 year of the application process I finally woke up to find the most exciting email in my inbox saying......YOUR STATUS HAS BEEN UPDATED". Frankly i couldn't beleive and was a little scared that it may be bad news....again....but it wasent instead it said CONGRATULATIONS...YOU HAVE BEEN INVITED TO BECOME A PC VOLUNTEER.....yepperz they were talking to me. So anyways i got the email on the 23rd and i had to wait the whole weekend to find out where i was going for sure. But just as I expected, I received my invitee package :) on Monday the 27th :) and it was for the Republic of Namibia leaving on February 18th 2009:). Although it is about 4 months from now {which is a VERY long time}, at least i did get an invite bc i have read many stories on the yahoo listserv where people are being denied and rejected and at many points during my application process i felt that could have been me to as well but ITS NOTTTTTTTT.

Ok so here is a little info about the Republic of Namibia...what ill be doing, my adress....
et cetera...et cetera...et cetera.

***********Info about Nam*************
Located right above South Africa, next to Bostwana, under Angola and Zambia , the Republic of Namibia has a total area of 825,418 sq km slightly more than half the size of Alaska. The climate is hot, dry; rainfall sparse and erratic and some of its natural resources include but not limited to: uranium, lead, tin, zinc, and cadmium. Its population is about 2,088,669 people where about 50% of the population belong to the Ovambo tribe and 9% to the Kavangos tribe; other ethnic groups include Herero 7%, Damara 7%, Nama 5%, Caprivian 4%, Bushmen 3%, Baster 2%, Tswana 0.5%. Theirmain languages are English and Afrikaans {English 7% (official), Afrikaans common language of most of the population and about 60% of the white population, German 32%, indigenous languages 1% (includes Oshivambo, Herero, Nama)}


After a long history between the Germans and the South Africa mandate, Namibia finally gained its Independence from on March 21st 1990. The current president is President Hifikepunye POHAMBA who won with 77% of votes on 21 March 2005.

********The beginning of my service***********
I hope this will help you get a little more familiar with Namibia...if u have more inquiry please do not hesitate to google :)....and there is box on this page so use that :). ok so as of now I will be leaving Florida for Washington on February 18 2008 where there will be a 3 day orientation then my group and I will then leave for Namibia on February 21, 2009. Upon arrival we will be spending our first week together as we began training then we will continue our training for 8 weeks but we will be living with a host family. After these 8 weeks, based on our performance (language skills), and our adaptation to this new environement we will then be swore in and become official Peace Corps Volunteers {PCV}. It is then that we will be sent to our permanent site where I will live for 2 years :).


************Adress during training**************
Peggy Defay,PCT
Peace Corps
PO Box 6862
Ausspannplatz,
Windhoek, Namibia

**********What Ill be doing in Namibia*********************

My official title is Health extension volunteer, the program is Community Health and HIV/AIDS (CHHAP)
I will either be:
-working with governement ministries (ministry of youth, or health)
-assist in the establishement of HIV/AIDS awarness clubs or support groups at school or in communities
-plan and implement creative activities that raise awarness among youth and women
-develop health information and communication tools and materials

****to name a few....there is so much more and i since i have a lot of time of my hands from now until i leave....i will be writing more........


okkkkkkkkkkkkk so um....thats a pretty good update since i really havent written anything for a couple of months....hope you are just as excited as I am :).....PLEASE leave a comment....let me know u stopped by....that makes my heart smile :).

until next time PEACE....LOVE....HAPPINESSSSSSSSSSSSS :))))))

Peggs