Yesterday we had a practice LPI (Language Proficiency Interview)
and got our permanent site locations.
The best way to describe my LPI was that it was on the south end of a
northbound cow. However despite what I
thought today they told me that I scored a Novice High (the requirement) and was very surprised that I
am at the requirement only half way through PST. Hopefully this means that I will be able to
get better as time goes (maybe even be fluent..ya right… ha ha) P.S. I’ll be interchangeably calling KKG
Damara because it’s a more specific name to the language. KKG is the label that the whites put to group
together the shared (yet different) language of the Nama and Damara peoples.
So after what I thought was a LPI catastrophe I was in big need of a pick me
up…and a pick me up is what I got! So my
placement will be in the village of Kamanjab (phonetically pronounced ka-man-yob
or ka-man-job based on accent) in the Kunene region (phonetically
coo-nay-nay). I’m at a health clinic
working with HIV and Maternal Health! SOOO
happy that I will be in a health clinic. I totally stressed in my interview that I
wanted to work in the Medical field.
I’ll be living in a flat on the clinic compound with my
coworkers. Can I get an Amen for running
water and electricity? AMEN. There are
two other PCVs in my village who are education volunteers. My BFF Crystal is only about an hour or so
away from me, which is going to be totally awesome. She is placed in Outjo (phonetically ocho).
That is the larger town in Kunene. Jay,
who is also learning Damara, will be about an hour and a half away as well. Unfortunately CJ is closer to Rundu with no
water, no electricity, and a half finished pit latrine…
The coolest part is that my family is from Outjo and are so
excited that they finally have one of their volunteer children moving to their
region. My family honestly has been the
best support for me and have connections everywhere! Ha ha. The second best part is that Italy told me
that there are elephants and giraffes that just wonder around the village! How cool is that??
I go for a site visit on Friday so I will post more when I
return! Stay tuned everyone!
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