Tuesday, September 9, 2008

To Togo I go

So, confession: When I first found out that I was going to Togo, I needed to Wikipedia it to find out exactly where in Africa I was going. Here is a map, for those of you who, like me, need a quick refresher on where in the world Togo is:


Despite how embarrassingly little I know about Togo now, it's going to be my home for the next 27 months. I'll be serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in Togo, doing Girl's Empowerment and Education in rural villages. I know: "Girl's Empowerment and Education" is an impressive-sounding phrase, but even I'm not completely sure what it means yet.

I head to Philadelphia on September 17 for three days of orientation before boarding a plane to Togo on September 19. My goal is to write updates/post pictures on this blog as much as possible, which will probably practically translate into once a month, maybe more often at the beginning. E-mails from folks at home would be much appreciated and I promise to write back as much as possible, but my internet access won't be all that great. Real, old-fashioned letters would also be welcomed. I have no idea how long it will take letters to get to me, but if you send me letters with the date on them, we can figure it out. My address is:

Emily Malkin, PCT
Corps de la Paix
B.P. 3194
Lome, Togo
West Africa