Home for 24 months

Site location.

I am very excited that I have found out where I will call home for my two years of service.

I will be in the Central Providence, a part of the Kapiri Mposhi district. My village or umushi (Icibemba) is Chibwe. The two bombas (larger towns or cities) that I am near are Kapiri and the Central Providence Capitol of Kabwe.

The site is about 2 hours north of Lusaka, and about 2.5 hours southwest of Serniji where the Peace Corps has a Providential house.

My site is first generation, no one has been there before. However, there will be a few other PCVs within 15-50k of me, I plan to work with them. I will be laying the ground work for the development that will come. My primary focus will be aquaculture in earthen ponds, the ponds will help to provide food security and economy development. As a side project I plan to work with a local school and help in whatever way possible.

In about 2 weeks I will have the chance to do second site visit and see my exact location. After I do this I will have a better understanding of location, and the project that I will work on.