And I'm really enjoying sitting outside, so this'll be quick. It's lovely outside right now: warm, light breeze, crickets chirping away, the occasional cell phone ring from one of the guards and outburst of Hindi from the TV in the room behind me. The concertina wire glows softly in the lamplight.
Today was very full. This morning we kicked off the workshop with great success. A gentleman recited some verses from the Quran to get everything started. The provincial Director of Finance came to get us started, lend credibility to the proceedings, thank us for what we're doing and offer his support. Kohzad, the provincial head ANDMA, introduced everything and also lent his support. There were a camera crew and reporter from the local news!
Anyway, not gonna bore you with too many details but long story short, Kelly and Jamshid, then Ali seemed to be doing a good job keeping everyone interested in the introduction and then facilitating a lively discussion. Kelly's obviously done this many times. Tameeza and I left at lunchtime to go back to the office. We spent the afternoon going over the work plan and budget, which was a bit tedious but absolutely had to be done while I'm here. I think we both felt better after finishing. We also just chatted for some time. She's very easy to get along with, although I think she intimidates the people who work for her a bit. We see eye to eye on a lot of things about the Network but bring different perspectives on it, so we were both surprising each other.
Came back to the guest house and did some more work, now I'm doing this. And now I'm being told it's dinner time, right as the muezzin starts calling.
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