2 minutes greeting each person in the office every morning 2 minutes greeting each person in the officer every afternoon 2 minutes wishing everyone safe travels and good night after work 1 hour- the allotted amount of time that people are late for meetings 45 minutes reading the newspaper while you wait for the meeting to begin. 3-5 days - the amount of time meetings get delayed due to unplanned other meetings. 2-3 weeks for documents to get completed due to delayed meetings. 1 month - the amount of time it takes to get an all staff meeting for the introduction of google calendar to help with the failed meetings 3 months to find fresh milk in Mzuzu 1 week waiting for the milkman to deliver milk 30 seconds - the amount of time it takes to miss the phone call from the milkman who is passing by the house 2 weeks (so far) waiting again for the milkman to deliver milk 45 minutes to walk to the market 1 hour to walk to various shops to get everything you need to eat for three days (vegetable market, meat market, bakery, mzungu market...) 45 minutes to walk back from the market 3 days before we need to walk back to the market for more food 5 hours to get the capital for NGO meetings 3 hours to go to Usisya by road for Area Development Council meetings 3 more hours to get from Usisya to Mtawa village fo AIDS support group meetings 1 hour to get to the District Office for meetings 1 month for a letter to make it across the ocean 2 months for a package to make it across the ocean 1 week to eat all of the chocolate which was in the package, 2 weeks with a little willpower 24 hours to take a flight from US to Malawi 2 months to find a house to live in in Mzuzu 1 month to wait (so far) for the house to be fixed up for living in. 10 months to get settled in the house before another 24 hour flight back across the ocean. 1 year to hopefully create sustainable development ... as long as African Time doesn't get in the way too much.
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Bonnie HarveyCurrently working in northern Malawi as Programs and Evaluations Coordinator for Temwa Archives
June 2019
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