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PCV from the Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan) checking in. I'm TEFL (English teacher) in a village outside Jalalabad in the south of Kyrgyzstan. I came to country in March of this year so I'll be here 09-11 (K-17). My blog is here. I've been updating it about every three weeks or so.
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Sep 25, 2009 09:53
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Of course I've had sheep head and lots of other sheep meals. The sentiments toward the USSR seem to quite similar here as in Kazahkstan, though I haven't had as indepth conversations with people about it as you have. My village is much less posh than your situation however. My first winter is coming up. We'll see how that goes. I chipped my tooth during PST with rocks in food. No fun.
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Oct 18, 2009 05:05
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I'm in Kyrgyzstan in a village outside Jalalabad City. This is my school. I've been to a couple secondary schools in both the North and South. This seems to be a pretty typical classroom. I teach ages 12-17.  Here is the road up into my village. This is last November or maybe December.  My house on the right. For a village volunteer I have a pretty decent set up. I get my water from a well and I have an outhouse like normal, but I have a nice living space - a kitchen and two rooms to myself. I technically live with a host family, but they live in the city and only come out on some weekends. 
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Jan 31, 2010 11:39
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Grammar Fascist posted:For any (R)PCVs that have to file taxes this year, I just found this spreadsheet (.xls) to figure out taxable allowances. Last year it took until the end of February for our admin officer in-country to get this info to us, and then it was in a really confusing booklet. Hope it's helpful to you guys, too. This is a big help, thanks. Our tax sheet just said something like: There's more you have to do. Go figure it out.
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Feb 25, 2010 10:29
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quote:I am pleased to announce that I am increasing the readjustment allowance provided to Volunteers on April 1, 2010. As of that date, the readjustment allowance will increase to $275 per month, an increase of $50 per month. This increase means that Volunteers completing a full 27-month tour will receive $7,425. The "as of that date" makes it seem like it's not retroactive. We'll get the extra $50 a month from now. Awesome for new volunteers; less cool for those already serving.
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Mar 15, 2010 07:40
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T-Rex Money posted:Has anyone else dealt with being medically separated? After being officially separated on Friday, I just returned home a few hours ago. I'm dealing with a lot of stress from medsep alone. My region got evacuated. They had me make a list of things I wanted shipped. My stuff is at PC office now and apparently giving everything away that I asked to be shipped to me. I guess there's no policy for shipping things to "interrupted service." edit: My region was closed so I'm IS. Other regions are still open. The whole country wasn't evacuated so I guess the evac shipping policy doesn't apply. lucky garnett fucked around with this message at 11:15 on May 25, 2010 |
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May 25, 2010 11:09
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