so much to do and so litttle time

well hi again my friends it have been a very busy time here since I wrote, but I have not forget to write its only that time is so little and it will not last for me but now I have to write because so much have happened since I wrote last time, we had our six weeks meting and we gave presentations about what we achieved so far, and what we thought was very special for us. My special moments were when we were Tvind for OL booth the preparing, and the competitions. Bustrup was on fourth place and that was good. And there was over 500 students that was competitions and no struggle or fighting among them, al was really enjoying it and we around and behind was also enjoy it. but it was so many things that I could count up, but al friends here is special and its so nice to have friends over the hole world, we have lots of event the hole time and last weekend we had a building weekend, and al DI, teachers group, and DNS was working and repairing the school, I reaper windows with two girls and Dieter, and we had movie night in the evening and lots of talk about Humana and Africa china India we also have fundraising now in October and we didn’t come to Europe it was sad but we did make a big porch on a student home her in the Nabors hood, and it will be finished during this weekend and that’s nice I a actually proud over it this was the first time I build so big and from a blueprint.
And nest week will we study our job descriptions, and the development conference in November and that will be very special and interesting we will also give a presentation about child aid in Africa with another school from south of Denmark and it will be lots of info for us well this is little of what happened, ooo I forgot to tell about our girl they come back from Malawi and they had so much to tell about and showed so many pictures, from the rural areas and the poverty is so big and they need so much. So do you know somebody that have or do you have something you think they can need mail me and I will take it with me down or give you an n address that you can send it to.

time is running so fast

Well I must say that I would not be able to write so much if it not was as interesting as it is, every day is a challenge and I learn so many new tings, and meet new people al the time we have been here six weeks now and it fells like we just come.
we have visitor from England and one girl come back from Malawi the other day, and have so much to tell about the life there its hard and much to do but its fun, she tell a lot about how it is and how she experience her six months there.
I will write more about that when I come there, my self here have happened so much and it so fun not a day goes by with out that something happened two boys from hull in England arrive here and will stay for a week, and the DI that arrive from Malawi will also be here a week and give presentations, then she go to Europe and work a volunteer.
We will probably go to Europe to if al goes our way we go in October and be there for two weeks well this weekend we build a bridge and a campsite and trained Chichewa

Lotsa of fun and hard work

So the weeks is pasing and i thought that i wold write every week, but o so worng i had i have not time i is bussy every day, but its ok because its so intresting to learn al we have studdy a lot about apartheid, and ooo so much i didnet know about that. however its good to learn and now we read alot about HIV/AIDS epedemic and how it spread in africa and how it works, but also peoples ignorens about how dangerus it is and how sure we are that we will not be infected, but we in the west world will soon see a difrent picture it will rasie here to, last week we also made some projekt on bustrup and that was fun we repear a brige with concreat and iron now its finish and we have to start to build a nother brige here becasue they will have this so that children and schools can come and see the nature and some animals.
and we DI are invloved in it and thats good becasue we learn to know the children here very good, and next week will we have a action week and colect money for TCE Hope pojekt HIV/AIDS in zinbawe its for the lokal workers that visit the familys in the sector they have so its for a very good cause because its not for people that come and work there its for those ho live and have lived there for there hole life and know the people and culture.
i will write more about this becasue it is a supjekt that i am intrested in and wants to work with in Malawi, but still here i use al my educations and experiens form al my work year and i have to learn so much about african culture annd there life but i am so happy that i did this desision and are here now well this was little about how it is here

Hi my Friends From Bustrup

Hi from now will I write on English, because my friends are mostly from other country, so it will be like this, I hope you not mind but on the other hand I do what I want.

Today was a nice day, I took a walk around her and went to a marsh, were we could see the lime fjord and lots of birds, the mosquitoes was very annoying so we didn’t be there so long, we also put up a big pool so we can take a swim if we get hot, the rest of the day was calm, and tonight should Dieter com to.

Last night dieter come and it was nice to see him again, and today we start school beginning, with how we will form and make our course for the best, and take advantage of our skills and our life experience.

After lunch we kept on working, with the structure of our task and Meicha our teachers daughter was with us to and charmed every body complete, here name is a Malawian, after dinner we wash up and get more info about the complex and the day was ended I spend little wile with Lynn and Meicha.

Today was a warm day, we discuses a lot how we will work together and what we need to think of, what and how we shall treat our friends,

We also made some gardening and clean the flower beds and courtyard when we in the evening had dinner and wash up the thunderstorm come with lots of rain and we shut down the servers to internet.

This morning was it clear air and it was really good whether even if it come rain in the afternoon today we spoke about our strengths and weakness and when we spoke about conflicts didn’t dieter hear properly what we spoke about so when I said that I was avoiding conflicts he thought I said that I avoid cornflakes and the face he made was prices les and it made al laugh. We barbecue in the evening and had a good time.

Today a week almost gone and I enjoy it here very much, its very interesting and we now also learn speak chicowa, a local language in Malawi its fun and its make many laughs.

I will write little later when I understand more and can write a sentence,

We also meet the rest of teachers here and there are many projects on the school, and I will have a lot to do because of my skills, and that, make me feel very good.

Today i have work a lot and also study checewa its fun and it will be really nice we have our scheduls now and its nice lots of travel in denmark and maybe in europ to its not sure yet but it seems that way well i have to run so i soon write agin.

take care my friends Alf

Life is a mystery

I sit here in my trailer and talk with al my friends on internet, and I discover that I have more friends outside Sweden than I have here, and al of them are so kind giving they do not complains because the car is broke down or that I had no time to go to the hairdresser today because the children was home from school, they ask me many times how it is to live in Sweden, I tell them how we have it here they cant quite understand our way to live and how we treat our older when they have reach pension, and way our children not have any respect for teachers and there friends and our school system seems so good they say but it doesn't help when children fall true the system and leave school with out reading or math skills.
I will soon go to Africa and work but maybe, I shall stay here and help al people here that have a hard time, al homeless that numbers are growing or al people that are out of job its many people that would give anything for a job, many are trying to survive on very low salaries and black jobs are growing, many people from other country's they come to us and believing that here is a dream to live and al get job, and the welfare is high and nobody is threaten bad, I read in the newspaper every day how people are treat bad and the government is doing nothing only put up a investigation and then its done its forgotten in our paper world, and those ho is been mistreated are gone in a pile of paper that will take several years to go true.
but ho is they foiling not me any how, don't get me wrong I love and I am proud to be born here in this beautiful country.
Its only how the governments ruling here they say that this is democratic well I disagree strongly, I say its a silent dictator and people don't say no to this.
well I am only one ho say what I think, more should do that and not sit at the kitchen table and say how bad everything is stand up and show that you are a proud Swedish or soon a proud Swedish member and now is it enough and we will not put up with this, take each others hand and walk out shoulder by shoulder and show ho is ruling Sweden the people or a corrupt government.

Ja så var det klart med flytten

Ja så var det klart med flytten, som man kan se nu så bor jag numera i en husvagn och det är helt ok, och jag är ett steg närmare Afrika.
men det klart problem finns där alltid, och dom är många och vår regering gör det inte lättare för dom som hamnat lite utanför samhället, pratade med en vän och hon har det inte lätt numer hon har skolios som gör att hennes rygg är slut men sjukpensionen går ut nu i juli och hon skall ut på arbetsmarknaden, fattar inte vad valrossen Göran Persson tänker med inte kan det vara hjärnan. för då hade han förstått vad han sysslade med, men det är klart han har sitt på det torra med sådan lön och fallskärmar och tanten har det inte sämre skor sig på fyllon och missbrukare som behöver sprit, hmmm jag skäms att vara svensk. för min egen del så går tiden fort och jag läser danska så det blir lättare att förstå, och göra sig förstådd i Danmark, eleverna är mestadels danska och tyska så det får bli lite blandning av språket, men det gör inget.
har börjat vaccinera mig med nu inte lite sprutor och vaccin man behöver för att arbeta i afrika, men det klart där finns mycket sjukdomar som vi slipper och har vaccin för.

Början på en resa maj 2006.

Har varit frustrerad länge nu kan inte får jobb, och det bara för att jag har varit långtidssjukskriven, men jag vet att jag inte är ensam om detta fenomen.
har sökt massor av jobb men det är stört omöjligt, får inga svar utom från företag utomlands vilket är tacksamt, men man tycker att svenska företag skulle kunna svara dom med.
Såg en annons på Internet jobba i Afrika som volontär, blev nyfiken och började kolla upp vad jag kunde hitta, och djungeln hopade sig över mig jag läste allt jag kunde hitta om detta, och jag blev mycket fundersam, att jobba som volontär är inte lätt och många både fina och ruggiga historier läste jag. Om volontärer vilket var sant och vilket var lögn, det är inte lätt att ta reda på och det enda sättet är att prova, men vara försiktig och försöka gardera sig så mycket det går mot eventuella faror.
Men jag tvekade det var ett stort steg att ta, men samtidigt så viste jag hela tiden att jag inte var färdig för pensionen ännu, och om jag kunde hjälpa några fattiga människor i Afrika, så vore det en god gärning, för som alla vet så har dom det inte lätt där, och analfabetismen i Afrika är oerhört stor, och hiv och aids sprider sig fort i Malawi är var fjärde aids positiv.

Men även om jag inte var säker så tänkte jag att det bästa vore att kontakta dessa organisationer, och jag var i Danmark hos Twind Humana People to People, där fick jag veta massor om vad som sker i Afrika, men också mycket om detta snack om bra och dåliga organisationer men det är bara jag själv som kan avgöra om det känns rätt eller inte, och det kändes bra.

Så jag bestämde mig för att börja på Bustrup skolan och jag skrev på ett kontrakt på fjorton månader. Nu börjar en hektisk tid som gör att jag kommer vara upptagen mesta tiden av dagen, vilket känns skönt för nu måste jag lära mig Danska och ett Afrikanskt lokal språk, plötsligt är man en av samhället igen man känner sig värdig, och att man gör nytta ja ni som känner igen er vet vad jag pratar om, att vara utan för samhället är inte trevligt och man känner sig som en loser.

Vilket jag vägrar att vara därav detta projekt, jag har en mycket bra utbildning och om ingen här i Sverige vill ha mina tjänster, då tar jag dom dit dom är önskvärda.