So here it is, my very own blog! Thoroughly Modern Jeremy!
I'm just returning from my 5 day training session in Ottawa at CUSO International headquarters. I completed the SKWID course which stands for Skilled Workers in Development (at least i think it does) and prepares volunteers that are leaving for their placements shortly (that's me!)
As some of you may know, I'm leaving in mid-January for Suchitoto, El Salvador for about 3 months to teach some of the skills involving Propbuilding for Theatre. The Project began around 2009, here's the Stratford Festival's webpage dedicated to the project;
http://www.stratfordfestival.ca/about/leadership.aspx?id=7755
And here is the link to the Suchitoto Project's aptly named Blog;
http://suchitotoproject.blogspot.com/2010/03/welcome-to-suchitoto-project.html
I'll be adding to this whenever I get a spare moment, which will get farther and farther apart as I get closer to my departure date...
As a final shout out, I would like to take the chance to thank CUSO-VSO's staff and facilitators for leading myself and a group of truly inspiring fellow volunteers (all headed to other parts of the globe) through 5 days of workshops, exercises, role-playing powerpoints, the whole bit. It was just what I needed to kickstart my volunteer experience, my attitude, and my life in a more positive direction.
I'll post links as they come my way;
like this one!;
http://www.google.ca/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DAnlM4WalPT0&sa=U&ei=4VnMTtvVHMHV0QHG9Nj7Dw&ved=0CEQQtwIwCA&usg=AFQjCNHoHyeKdLHj7eEiSoYZ40J2qpTl8Q
