Last week was IST, which stands for In-Service Training. It is a training the Peace Corps gives volunteers after 3-6 months of living at site. For us it was 4 months after we arrived at site. Kibuye is a beautiful lake side city, overlooking Lake Kivu (the lake between Congo and Rwanda). It is an easy 2 hours away from my site. We stayed at a hotel right on the water, though there was no hot water so don’t worry it wasn’t very fancy. It was so peaceful and relaxing. The training was to discuss our challenges and how people have overcome them. Our supervisors or counterparts were there to help strengthen the partnership between the Peace Corps volunteers and the NGO’s. Many other volunteers have had trouble with their organizations making them work 10 hour days or not letting volunteers get to integrate into their community. I have not had these problems, and I really enjoy working with Duhamic Adri. They are very flexible and listen to my idea’s and let me do what I want to do. After problems were discussed and everyone got to talk about how things were going at their site, we got to spend most of Wednesday just hanging out on an island playing volleyball and swimming. It was a great time.
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