Vasya and I are presenting our grant to the Peace Corps/USAID grant committee tomorrow. This is for the reconstruction of the school's bathrooms. Currently the kids use the toilets outside that are located 100 meters from the school. Ultimately, the new toilets inside are part of an overall health and hygiene improvement campaign. We have been preparing for our presentation for the last couple of weeks. Although the board mostly consists of English and Romanian speakers, we decided that Vasya will speak about why our project is good and deserves funding. I will simply translate. I'm very proud of him for his leadership and taking ownership of this project. Wish us luck!
I just got back from our trip. I am SO proud of Vasya! He did an excellent job presenting and answered the questions directed to him better than I could have. One of the committee members said he was so impressed by him, and impressed that a student was leading the group and the initiative. He noted that Vasya was the first student ever to present to the committee, and that the he did a better job than many of the adults who presented today. I am so happy for him -- we have worked closely together over the past year and a half and it's wonderful to see the changes and improvements one makes. I am just so proud of how hard he works and how he always meets the task at hand. His entire speech was memorized and he spoke with confidence, respect, and enthusiasm.
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