First, I am very sorry for my long break in updating my blog. I really enjoy sharing my experiences with friends and family through my blog, but it is often difficult to make time on the internet to write and design my posts. Now that I am back at site (sort of) for my next year, I will try my best to keep you all updated!
So, in my last post, I talked about my experiences during the lunar new year, or Tsagaan Sar. Wow, that was many months ago! My apologies, readers! In this blog post, I will attempt to catch you up with what has been happening over here in Mongolia. This spring, I moved from my town in Eastern Mongolia to Darkhan, the third largest city in Mongolia, which is located north of the capital city. You might remember this city from my posts last summer, as this is the main training hub for Peace Corps Mongolia's pre-service training (PST). I moved to Darkhan for the summer because I was the Health PCV trainer for the first half of PST. I worked with a great Mongolian counterpart, and together the two of us taught all of the health technical sessions for the new Peace Corps health trainees.
During my time at PST, I was very busy preparing sessions for the new health trainees. Our main topics were related to familiarizing trainees with health in Mongolia and preparing them for some of the realities that health workers in Mongolia face. It was a really great time of my Peace Corps service, because I felt that I accomplished so much during a relatively short amount of time. It also helped me realize that I enjoy facilitating health related topics, and I hope to be involved in more ongoing education facilitation opportunities in my future career. I also got the chance to spend a lot of time with other peace corps volunteers from my group, that were also trainers, and with the new group of peace corps volunteers. I learned a lot more about the behind-the-scenes work that peace corps staff does, and I was very impressed by their diligence. We were always very busy but we were capable of getting everything done--the perfect amount of work!
After a great two months in Darkhan, I headed to Beijing, China for an amazing vacation with my site mate Hannah. I'll write more about it for my next post (which will happen very soon)!
So, in my last post, I talked about my experiences during the lunar new year, or Tsagaan Sar. Wow, that was many months ago! My apologies, readers! In this blog post, I will attempt to catch you up with what has been happening over here in Mongolia. This spring, I moved from my town in Eastern Mongolia to Darkhan, the third largest city in Mongolia, which is located north of the capital city. You might remember this city from my posts last summer, as this is the main training hub for Peace Corps Mongolia's pre-service training (PST). I moved to Darkhan for the summer because I was the Health PCV trainer for the first half of PST. I worked with a great Mongolian counterpart, and together the two of us taught all of the health technical sessions for the new Peace Corps health trainees.
A contortionist duo at a cultural presentation for the new group of volunteers. The little girl was the cutest!
A high-school student health lesson during a health training session.
The countryside is always close by in Mongolia! Even though Darkhan is one of the biggest cities in the country, this was only a short fifteen or twenty minute walk from my summer apartment.
Face paint for one of the FIFA USA games! They aired starting at midnight, so you had to really want to watch in order to stay up for it, especially with office hours for all of the trainers starting the next day at 8.
During my time at PST, I was very busy preparing sessions for the new health trainees. Our main topics were related to familiarizing trainees with health in Mongolia and preparing them for some of the realities that health workers in Mongolia face. It was a really great time of my Peace Corps service, because I felt that I accomplished so much during a relatively short amount of time. It also helped me realize that I enjoy facilitating health related topics, and I hope to be involved in more ongoing education facilitation opportunities in my future career. I also got the chance to spend a lot of time with other peace corps volunteers from my group, that were also trainers, and with the new group of peace corps volunteers. I learned a lot more about the behind-the-scenes work that peace corps staff does, and I was very impressed by their diligence. We were always very busy but we were capable of getting everything done--the perfect amount of work!
After a great two months in Darkhan, I headed to Beijing, China for an amazing vacation with my site mate Hannah. I'll write more about it for my next post (which will happen very soon)!
