I went down to a village this weekend with several other volunteers for World Malaria Day, which as April 25th. We were supposed to be dipping mosquito nets in insecticide and handing them out, but instead we spent about five hours waiting for officials to show up and then we found out that they had already dipped nets and there was nothing for us to do… Waste of time. On the other hand, I think it was the first time that all of us lower Haute folks were together, and I enjoyed getting to know them a little better.

This is the last week before IST, and though I feel like I’ve been doing some stuff, I suddenly feel like I have a ton of things I want to get done before I go. Aside from my Etude de Mileu, I also want to get my Moringa trees planted (I have two started and they are growing quite fast). This requires building a protective fencing around them so that the goats don’t eat them, but shouldn’t take too long. But I’d also like to clean my house before I leave, build my solar dryer (I am not having my carpenter build it, he wanted too much) and dry some mangos, get some bricks ordered and delivered for building a terraced garden, and buy some things I’ve been putting off. Basically I’d like to get all the small house related things taken care of so that when I get back I can start on some big projects without having to spend time on little things.

Unfortunately I am about to run out of battery on my laptop, so this post will have to be a little short. I am still planning on writing about the different projects seeds that have started.