The office itself is a cool yet confusing set up; it apparently used to be three apartments (one on each floor), and now PCI leases them all. This leads to the interesting situation where you actually have to go outside to get from the first floor to the second/third. My office used to be a kitchen in a former life. I actually can't picture the space as an apartment at all because the desks and filing cabinets make it difficult to visualize beds and couches, but I assume it was quite lovely.
Everyone I have met so far is absolutely wonderful...warm, friendly, so welcoming and helpful. I have not really delved into the meat of my project yet, but I am getting more comfortable in the office and learning more about PCI India's programs in general. Time permitting, I hope to get out to the field to see their polio project in action, as well as their shelter for street children in Delhi. They really do amazing work. It's a great feeling to go to work and feel that you are really contributing to something larger. (yes yes, perhaps I am just wide-eyed and naive now and will become disillusioned later. I know that no organization is perfect, but so far this one really seems to have its act together). So that is the internship update for now; more to come as I actually get a better sense of what I can realistically get done while I am here.
In other news, the monsoon showed up yesterday! I got caught in an absolute downpour on my way home from work, and could not have been happier. Everyone seemed to be breathing a sigh of relief. And it was indeed cooler today...only about 100. Pretty high humidity this evening, but at least humidity is a more familiar feeling. And it should thunderstorm tonight, which bodes well for sleeping. hooray!
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