TDW / TOT

Like most government agencies, Peace Corps has an affinity for acronyms. So, I am in Yaounde this week for "TDW" (Training Design Workshop) and "TOT" (Training Of Trainers) next week.

I've been reunited with many of the volunteers I trained with last year, which has been fun. Along with Peace Corps staff we are preparing for the next group of Trainees (known as "Stagaires") who will arrive in country next month. After school ends I will probably be spending some time in the village of Bangante in the West province helping out with their training. Should be a good time.

For now though, we're spending hours locked together in conference rooms arguing incessantly over semantics. ("Should we say 'help acquire' or 'facilitate the acquisition of' in this section?) Later this afternoon we have to reconcile all of our competing scheduling demands and create a master schedule for training. Hopefully we can keep it clean: no scratching, biting, or hitting below the belt.

As you can imagine, this is all very very exciting. Stay tuned for some hopefully more interesting posts over the next few days.