Things have been going well lately. Yesterday the trainees took part in an environmental clean-up initiative sponsored by a new recycling company in the area. Until now, there has been no system set up for the recycling of plastic bottles in the Sumqayit region. Bottles, along with most other waste, has been disposed of by burning. With the help of this new company, however, there will be an opportunity for people to dispose of their plastic trash in an environmentally safe way.
The trainees met yesterday near the beach by the Caspian Sea, armed with rubber gloves and garbage bags, with the goal of picking up plastic bottles. Although the large truck was filled up quickly, we made only a small dent in the overall plastic problem near the beach. But the important thing is that it was a start, and media coverage of the event might publicize the dangers of plastic to the environment. I hope that it will be possible to take up similar initiatives in my permanent site community.
In completely unrelated news, I was bitten by a dog for the second time this month a couple of days ago! Luckily I already had my rabies shots, but it hasn't done anything to reduce my newfound fear of dogs. I hope that my permanent site is a dog-free zone, although I'm not going to get my hopes up! :)
Sunday, September 2, 2007
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Salaam!
I'm leaving for staging tomorrow and will be in Azerbaijan in a few days. My mom found your blog about a week ago and I've been reading it ever since.
I used to live in Mexico and I learned that most every dog on the planet will, unless cornered, run the second you pretend to pick up a rock.
Just kneel close to the ground, put your arm down, and even the biggest dog will run away from you.
I guess I'll see pretty soon if that works over there too.
My name is Corey and I hope to meet you soon!
Sag Ol
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