I've been in Namibia for over three weeks now and I've got a long list of blog entries scribbled down and ready for typing. The process will probably take me a few days (more like a week or two) to catch up on, so before I begin I want to spend a little time letting you all know where I'm at and what I'm doing. I'm living in north central Namibia, 44km east of a town called Otjiwarongo (pronounced oh-chee-var-ohngo). It's not far from the middle of nowhere, the farm we're based on is just below the Waterberg Plateau, a national park and generally impressive pile of rock. There's lots of wildlife, including cheetahs and leopards...I'll post more on this later.
About what I do - we have a saying here that staff at CCF (Cheetah Conservation Fund) wear many hats. This means I work 6-7 days a week doing things that were never mentioned in my job description. I came here to be the Volunteer Coordinator and to look at some land management/biofuel policies. I spent the first two weeks helping run an international livestock/predator management course, and since that time I've helped entertain donors, fix fences and move cheetahs. Busy, busy, busy.
I'll try to sneak in another entry later today (hoping for a half day...I miss weekends). Hope all of you are doing well!
I hope 'moving cheetahs' is code for riding one cheetah like a horse while wrangling the others into a pen like cattle. I'm going to assume that's a safe assumption.
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