Where in the world is Bangladesh?

I've recently received the much awaited e mail with the magic words, 'Welcome to the Australian Youth Ambassador for Development Program' from AusAID. This means you will be able to find me here from the 20th of October:



To find out exactly what I'll be doing you can read the position description for my role as the Regional communications assistant for CARE Bangladesh

This blog will track my adventures, so if you're the kind of person who subscribes to these things, there is a subscription button somewhere on the right. I hope to update it regularly... starting with my pre-departure preparations...

Bangladesh, here I come!

Becoming a good boy scout

I should land in Bangladesh on October 21. By my calculations, that gives me an alarmingly reducing number of days to transfer my life and I over to another country. Not being renowned as the most organised kid on the block, this task is, I admit, slightly intimidating.

Here's an example of my 'to do' list, in no particular order, obviously:
- get jabbed, no (preventable) nasties for me
- get my mail redirected to... somewhere (thanks m&d)
- move out of my lovely pink house and store my stuff (see above)
- buy stuff (oh how I do love shopping says I, wiping the sarcasm from my chin)
- learn Bengali, which should be easy as pie, since it looks something like this:

- finish up at work
- sort out the money stuff, and the official stuff, and what to pack
- learn how to use this blog, etc, etc, etc...

The grand people at AusAID are making the task much easier by supplying loads of information which has the dual effect of making me:
a) very excited, and
b) slightly shell shocked.

I assume this is a healthy response, and I feel much better knowing we have a swiss army knife in the house. I've been assured they do it all...