I learned a couple things right away yesterday. Firstly...
...Newburgh is an absolute mess. Secondly, there is not going to be any quick, jump in and set up programs and make it happen type solution. It is going to take some time to understand how things are working/not working. The politics seem to be a mess, the municipality seems to be flat broke, and the city has absolutely no hope on its streets. The focus of this organization is going to have to be on Sierra Leone. The office in Newburgh is really going to have to act as simply an inexpensive location for an office and fro me personally to live ($300 each?!) With time though, programs will present themselves. Just as I didn't step off the plane in Sierra Leone with a solution, Newburgh is going to have to allow for things to present themselves.
...Newburgh is an absolute mess. Secondly, there is not going to be any quick, jump in and set up programs and make it happen type solution. It is going to take some time to understand how things are working/not working. The politics seem to be a mess, the municipality seems to be flat broke, and the city has absolutely no hope on its streets. The focus of this organization is going to have to be on Sierra Leone. The office in Newburgh is really going to have to act as simply an inexpensive location for an office and fro me personally to live ($300 each?!) With time though, programs will present themselves. Just as I didn't step off the plane in Sierra Leone with a solution, Newburgh is going to have to allow for things to present themselves.
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