Paul and I headed south with two of our partners from Step Up, Roberta and Danny, to a plantation just south of the village of Santana. It was about an hour drive up into the mountain, through the jungle on unpaved roads, however, the view at the top was breathtaking. The village does not have [...]
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Tuesday July 10th
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Monday July 9th
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In the morning Chris, Helcio and I went to the village of Santana and looked at the library. They currently have one computer, and do not have internet. Since we were still having trouble locating working monitors we told them about the project and contacted the village President, to see if he knew of any [...]
Monday, July 9 and Tuesday, July 10-Wireless Project
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Monday and Tuesday finally brought about an opportunity for Team Wireless, Chris, Bridgette, and Martin (back from Malaria), along with Sao Tomeans James and Helcio, to begin testing the wireless links. Chris and Paul actually began the work Sunday afternoon, setting up the node at the house so that an antenna was already pointing [...]
Sunday July 8th
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People in Sao Tome, like many developing countries, are under employed. They work more than one job. Some of our friends who work at Marlin Beach, the hotel that we often frequent, are starting an excursion company. To assist their venture, we are in the process of building them a website to advertise [...]
We’ve been busy…
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With the malaria beginning to clear in a phase of post-medication followed by plenty of rest, my cloudy thoughts are lifting and I feel that I can help to recap some of the events that have been keeping us all busy the past few days…
On Sunday, Paul, Ashley, Jake, and Bridgette toured the island by [...]
Saturday July 7th
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Saturday, thoughts of rest, organizing for next week, and working on plans for completing our wireless connection between the airport and our house. Some rested, and some worked on the wireless (although not yet complete). Paul shuffled the planners out to the airport by 5:30am. We wish them happy travels. Our more pressing issue has [...]
Friday July 6
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Ashley and Jake headed out to Step Up early, Jake to continue work on the lab and for Ashley to continue language lessons for the morning. Beth and Chris were taken to the coast guard where they set up a small computer lab. After setting up the lab, Beth and Chris joined Paul and Helcio [...]
Thursday July 5th
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This week has been very tiring, but at the same time very exciting. I have
been working a the English school in the middle of town, teaching two
different classes of about twenty students each. I have been teaching a
level three class and a level one. Today was the second class that I taught.
Today for each class [...]
Wednesday July 4th
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I headed off to Sao Tome High School alone, as Chris stayed to help Martin and Jake with the wireless project in the morning. When I arrived, my contact, Francisco handed me three extension cords that had been purchased for the school library. We had run out of places to plug the computers in the [...]
Tuesday July 3rd
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Tuesday the planning team decided to go out in two groups to meet with more people at once. Matt and Joel saw the Director of Tourism who was an educated young man with a lot of vision for tourism in Sao Tome. He is in the advanced stages of planning a new strategy for [...]
