On Friday August 8, 2008 I received an email from a woman with T-S offering me a position within their Agronomy program in Rwanda. I accepted and she asked me when I could leave. I said, 'When do you need me?' She told me that a new training class was going to start September 1, and it would be great if I could be in Rwanda by then. The next day I found 2 guys that wanted to rent my house from me. The timing was perfect, and it was time to go. I quickly moved out of my house, back in with the parents, and then back out again.
T-S is an international development organization which promotes "business solutions to rural poverty." The project I will be working on seeks to increase private sector economic development in East Africa by further developing the coffee sector. T-S empowers and educates farmers to increase the yield of their crop, thereby allowing the individual farmer to gain a higher income. The project therefore indirectly injects an economic stimulus into the local economy.
The position I was offered is termed a Voluntary Consultant. So, I won't be getting paid, again. T-S pays for flights, medical evacuation insurance, lodging, transportation and a per diem while in country. The per diem amounts to a about $30 per day, which is about 4x the amount I was paid in Peace Corps. So, maybe a good way to look at this is: I made less than $10 a day in Peace Corps. Then I got my Masters Degree. Now, I make a whopping 4 times as much, at $30 per day!
T-S is an international development organization which promotes "business solutions to rural poverty." The project I will be working on seeks to increase private sector economic development in East Africa by further developing the coffee sector. T-S empowers and educates farmers to increase the yield of their crop, thereby allowing the individual farmer to gain a higher income. The project therefore indirectly injects an economic stimulus into the local economy.
The position I was offered is termed a Voluntary Consultant. So, I won't be getting paid, again. T-S pays for flights, medical evacuation insurance, lodging, transportation and a per diem while in country. The per diem amounts to a about $30 per day, which is about 4x the amount I was paid in Peace Corps. So, maybe a good way to look at this is: I made less than $10 a day in Peace Corps. Then I got my Masters Degree. Now, I make a whopping 4 times as much, at $30 per day!
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