Out of Office: Going to Ethiopia and Zanzibar

Saturday, September 3, I’m flying to Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, to visit Michelle Strong, a fellow VSO volunteer. We’re going to spend the week at Michelle’s workplace, Rehabilitation and Development Organization (RaDO), which focuses on women with disabilities. Michelle is a marketing advisor like me and we're going to compare notes and share tips for our respective organizations. RaDO also has an education program about landmines, since landmines are a serious problem in Ethiopia.

On September 10, Michelle and I are flying to Zanzibar, an island off the coast of Tanzania, for a much-needed vacation!! We’re so looking forward to seven days of relaxation and swimming in the Indian Ocean. Zanzibar is much like the cities on Kenya’s coast, heavily Muslim with a cultural mix of African, Arab and Indian influences. I’ll be writing about the trip and posting it here, along with photos. If there’s nothing new here for awhile, just because we're traveling without access to internet (Michelle says internet is sketchy at best in Ethiopia). Expect to see the Ethiopia/Zanzibar trip here by September 18 or so. In the meantime, Take Care!!