Countdown

So for those that aren't aware, on January 14th, we are off to Malawi - we will be in the capital city, Lilongwe and Regan will go to school there. Janna and I are both WUSC volunteers and we are being sponsored to go over through a program called Uniterra.The point of Uniterra is to sponsor skilled volunteers to go overseas and use their skills with various local organizations. We will both be working with different organizations on the ground there - I will be a lobbying and policy analyst with the Farmer's Union of Malawi, a national organization representing the different commodity groups working to improve access to markets and stabilize the industry (agriculture is the primary (and pretty much only)) industry in Malawi. Janna will be working with an agriculture and rural development organization called Cadecom as a Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist. Monitoring and Evaluation in developing countries is a bit controversial (debate over appropriate indicators etc.) so she is sure to have an interesting time.We would happily welcome visitors while we are there - the country sounds very diverse and we can't wait to get out exploring on weekends! We each get 4 weeks of vacation, and are planning to add on a few weeks of travel after our contracts are done as well.