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The next two years of my Life

It's official....I will be spending the next two years in a village called Namatakula, building composting toilets and teaching about the environment.  (Yes, you did read that correctly, I will be building toilets).  The village is a large one, between 7 and 800 people; and is located along the southern coast of the main island, nicknamed the coral coast (though there isn't much coral left because so many nutrients are being washed into the water causing algal blooms).  My village is right on the water and most people who live there work in the nearby resorts.  I'll be replacing a PC volunteer who will be leaving at the end of September; this week I am visiting the site and her and learning about all of her work.  Truthfully, I can work on whatever project I want while I'm here, but her work has been mostly on composting toilets.  ANyway, that's just a quick update about what's happening in this neck of the woods.  If you want to find where I am on a map, I'm on Viti Levu, about 30 km east of Sigatoka. 

Posted on Tuesday, July 11, 2006 at 01:10PM by Registered CommenterMaya Breitburg-Smith | CommentsPost a Comment | References1 Reference

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