- Received placement confirmation from @GVNFoundation: have to be in Haiti by October 14! / Bestätigung von GVN: Muss am 14.10. in Haiti sein! #
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Setting the date
Haiti has suddenly become much more real – I received the confirmation email from Global Volunteer Network that my placement will begin on October 15, 2010. Oh boy…
I would like to congratulate you on confirming your place in the Haiti Volunteer Program for 1 month starting 15th October 2010. You may now go ahead and book your flights!
As a volunteer in our Haiti program, you have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of communities devastated by the January 12 earthquake. You will provide support, attention and assistance to the people of Haiti through our rebuilding and rehabilitation program.
Here at Global Volunteer Network we partner with local organizations who are best placed to identify their country’s greatest development needs. We will help you prepare for your placement and once you are in-country you will have the support of our local partner. By volunteering you will be a part of the GVN movement which takes action against poverty and you will gain experience and personal growth by doing so.
As you can see, I’m currently signed up for 1 month – but I’m still convinced that I should go at least for 6-8 weeks in order to be able to really make a difference. It all depends on my fundraising, which means I should get started on that, doesn’t it? 🙂
I am very nervous about the whole thing, as it’s quite clear volunteering will be taxing on both body and mind. But I really think this is what I’m supposed to do and hope and pray for the strength to really go for it!
evagoeshaiti updates for 2010-02-27
- Improved the bilinguality of the site – it can now be chosen. / Habe die Zweisprachigkeit der Seite verbessert – man kann jetzt aussuchen. #
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evagoeshaiti updates for 2010-02-23
- rain day. procrastinating about doing my taxes – only 4 months late… got an extension but i still don't want to do it. #
- changed my twitter name because i tend to use this for rl stuff. security first, yeah? 🙂 #
- Mit der Planung angefangen! / Started planning! (Huh, zweisprachig ist kompliziert… / Huh, bilingual is complicated… *g*) #
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Big news
For the past weeks I have been coming to a decision about what I will do once I leave my job here in Zurich – and when the news about the horrific earthquake in Haiti came, it struck me that, instead of trying to find another job, I could go and volunteer somewhere where it’s needed. Therefore I signed up with Global Volunteer Network and am planning to join one of their projects in Haiti next October.
However, volunteering doesn’t come cheap – and after some serious soul searching I have reached the conclusion that I need help. Yours, to be specific. So I have set up a website and will use this blog as well as a new Twitter account to keep you updated. Click on the banner below to find more information (and a donation button):
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Blog problems
Doing a routine upgrade I managed to screw up something and for a while this blog was in utter chaos and I was afraid I’d have to manually re-add every single post… But then my wonderful friend Claudia went and did some nifty stuff, and it all seems to work just fine again. Such a relief!
Back in Switzerland
After a long flight (well, 14 hours to London, but because they put me on a different plane in Singapore I was stuck in the middle of the row) it felt utterly surreal and see the typical Swiss rolling hills/forests/small towns combination from the window of the small plane from London. The feeling got more pronounced when I saw my mother through glass as I was waiting for my luggage and then walked out to see my family, my brother’s girlfriend and my best friend Sibylle waiting for me. They even had a self-made banner!
Then we went to my parents’ new place in a tiny village near Zurich, which is going to be my home for the next couple of months at least (I need to find a temp job while I do a proper job hunt in the UK and Ireland). It was sad that everyone except for my parents had to leave to go back to Basel in the evening, but as far as coming home experiences go, this one couldn’t have been much better! Now if only I wasn’t missing Wellington so badly…
As always, all my photos can be found on Flickr. The rest of the homecoming photos, Australia and Singapore are collected here, New Zealand here.
Twitter Updates for 2008-09-06
- Changing terminals in london heathrow is a pain. all i want is a bathroom to freshen up.. oh well. #
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Twitter Updates for 2008-09-05
- Excitement at singapore airport, because my flight was 4h delayed. got on an earlier one instead, so all is good. #
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Singapore, the last
In about 24 hours I’ll be home in Switzerland after about 11 months. How weird is that?
I’ve had a lovely time here in Singapore despite my nasty cold, doing shopping and eating yummy food with Amy. Also, again I managed to be here for the Lantern Festival in the Chinese Garden – this year’s topic was (oh dear…) “Hello Kitty”. Still, it was very pretty!
