Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Back to Work!

A couple days ago I got word that I grant I applied for from USAID has been granted. It amounts to about 140,000 pesos (almost $4,000) and will help me to something behind here in the DR. The money will go towards the development of my teacher training videos, towards painting classrooms and developing didactic material, towards tapes for the camera and maybe even a projector for the school. I’ll be able to reimburse other PCVs for travel if they want to come up and help. I’ll be able to organize lunches for the teachers who participate. So I’d like to take this moment to thank every single one of my tax paying friends and family for not only inadvertently putting me through Peace Corps, but for allowing me to leave behind a small legacy.

Because I am so excited about having finished writing the first script, I’d like to share it with you. And if you are so inclined, please leave comments and criticism (especially all you teachers out there!) This is only the first of what will be a series of 5 or 6 videos, so it’s still kind of a work in progress. But I believe it will be one step in the direction to better education and more satisfied teachers.

Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day!

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