Our Replacement Has Arrived!

So many people have asked who would take over our job once we left our village.  Peace Corps Zambia has what is called a "3 generation" model.  Ideally, there are three two-year volunteers back to back over the course of 6 years.  In a perfect example, the volunteers have introduced "sustainable" change/skills to the community, so that after the six years, the community will not have any more need for Peace Corps.  Of course this model is often interrupted by changes within Peace Corps or the village itself.  Since we were first generation (i.e. there had not been other previous volunteers at our site), we pressed hard to get a replacement volunteer since we knew there was still plenty of work to be done.  Knowing the possibility of being replaced by another married couple was rare (there just aren't enough of us!), we advocated for a single fish-farming volunteer to take over our site.

Well, we just got our wish and would like to welcome Kenny as the new Rural Aquaculture Improvement volunteer to our site.  He will officially swear-in at the beginning of May.  Out with the old, in with the new!  In this day and age of technology, which is rapidly increasing in Zambia, Kenny has already begun his blog to chronicle his journey in the Northwest Province of Zambia:

http://kj0505.wordpress.com/

Welcome Kenny, and we know you'll have an incredible time!