So, I quit my job.
I promised myself when I came here that I would stand by my principles and Makeni City Council has left me little option. I don't want to say much about why – this country has had more than its fair share of bad publicity in recent years, and I still want to be a part of its (hopefully positive) future.
So I find myself without a job in Sierra Leone. I don't plan on coming home just yet. VSO are not happy. They are coming to Makeni for a crisis meeting on Monday 8th. But I have a plan.
Father Joe has offered me a role as Project and Development Officer at Fatima. I have arranged to spend this week at the Fatima Institute, working voluntarily on some funding proposals and small scale projects. If that works out then I will be talking to VSO to try to transfer my placement. I have a good feeling, the projects look realistic and interesting, and I would be working under a very able and supportive boss. I would even have electricity at work (between 9am and 1pm at least)!
So that is the state of play. I am hopeful that VSO will transfer the placement, when they hear me out next Monday I'm sure they'll understand why I quit, and they have had volunteers working at Fatima in the past.
So I have a week of waiting. I will be playing in two league matches this week for Megbente, and I'll probably continue the prolific amount of reading and writing I have been doing lately whilst I wait for the resolution of my future here in West Africa. Watch this space!
4 comments:
Good call in my view. Just so long as you don't come back like CS Lewis the second it's all gravy.
Dude Kate and I wish you all the best in the new venture as i'm sure it will work out for the best :)
peace
Crakes x
Hey mate, shame to see your initial undertaking didn't work out the way you hoped it to... Good luck with the other projects though, I'm sure you'll be able to accomplish a lot of things over there. Keep us posted!
Hi mate hope your keeping well and that the new move/job works out for the best.
Gav x
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