Just an overview over these couple of weeks:
May 9- All of us PCTs in G81 gathered together once again in Kingston.
May 10- On Monday, we were all told our official sites (meaning our assigned communities, jobs, and living arrangements), and discussed/prepared for our first few days in our community.
May 11- Each of us through PC are assigned a supervisor that will more or less oversee us while working with our organization in the community. This person does not work for the PC, but rather in collaboration with the PC. For example, if a PCV is assigned to an elementary school, the principal will be their supervisor. Many times they happen to be the actual person who requested a PCV to begin with.
On Tuesday, all of our supervisors came to Kingston to meet us, and then took us back to our sites.
May 11-16 We all traveled to our communities for the first time. We spent these first couple days as orientation to our sites, getting a feel for what we will be doing, who we will be working with, where we will be living, etc.
May 16-20 Back to Kingston to do a little more training (how to live on a shoestring, serving as a single/couple, Jamaican cooking, etc.) and tying up loose strings (shopping for household items with our settling in allowance, gathering more resources, etc.)
May 21- Our swearing-in ceremony @ the Embassy. The day we evolve from PCTs to PCVs. Big Deal. Professional dress required. Only official guests allowed.
After the ceremony and proceeding reception, we head back to our sites to start our PC service.
Okay, now onto the exciting news: WE’VE BEEN PLACED IN ACCOMPONG!!! It’s a very remote Maroon village in St. Elizabeth. The Maroons are a specific and distinct people in Jamaica, with an extremely rich history. Matt will share more about them in our soon-to-be-posted next blog entry…..
….oh, and yes, we’re pretty psyched about it :).
Welcome to Accompong, keep an eye on Dowdy for me!
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