Well, I officially started my internship at RACHA. For
the next few weeks, I will be working with Julia (a student from the US) to
help find funding for RACHA. Apparently USAID has been cutting back funds on
global non-profit organizations. As a result, RACHA is looking for alternatives
for funding that would allow them to continue their public health programs. This
will be one of the many projects that my fellow interns and I will be working
on for the next two weeks. After that, RACHA will be taking us out to visit and
work in the different districts of Cambodia. I am looking forward to the coming
weeks!
Now, it is time to leave work at work. My host family is
super nice and I enjoy spending time with them. The host mother reminds me a
lot of my own grandmother. She cooks the best food and is constantly getting
mad at me when I try to help clear the table. My host mom does not speak a word
of English and I speak 2 words of Khemr...so there is constantly a game of
charades going on. The host dad is incredibly funny. He is always laughing at
us and making sure he knows where we are going. The host dad knows more English,
but it will be quite a while before we can hold a long conversation. I will add
pictures up on this blog at some point, but right now I don’t have the patience
to wait for them to upload. So, you will have to wait for quite some time to
see them. Yay!
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