So, after 28 weeks in Sierra Leone I have come to the very difficult decision to return home to the UK. I will arrive home on April 7th (hey, that's my birthday!)
I never really settled into the job, and it is so difficult to achieve anything out here. I have become skeptical about the value of NGOs in Salone and aware of the negative impacts created by people who are here to help.
I love being here. Every day is an adventure, my Krio is always improving and I have made good friends who I will be sorry to leave behind. This is not enough though. I have already spent one year travelling for the fun of it, and I cannot justify staying just because I like it.
I am excited about returning home. I have really missed family and friends, good food and drink, music and of course, runnig water and electricity! I have a great life at home, and i will go back to it ready to enjoy it and appreciate it all the more.
I have no regrets about Sierra Leone. If I had never came here I would have always wondered. As it happens, it really has changed me, hopefully for the better, and I think there'll always be a part of me that's a Salone man.
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See, you say that but I reckon you're going to shave it off.
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