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« on: February 05, 2009, 06:50:58 AM » |
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I guess there's a reason why I'm posting on the board now... at 1:45 p.m. Switzerland time... instead of working, lol... I'm... not exactly bored, I've just nearly finished my work for the day (the problem with being extremely productive for a period of time means that yo'll eventually run out of things to do... other than cleaning, or rearranging files... which I'm going to do in a bit).
I love my job - I work in a humanitarian organization called Rotary International and we're currently working our butts off to eradicate polio. We have this joint project with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the CDC and the Red Cross called PolioPlus. Only 4 countries in the world are endemic to polio at the moment (Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nigeria), but sometimes the viruses get imported to other countries.
Now, that's not all we do. We sponsor group and study exchanges, we sponsor students to go study abroad, and we have humanitarian projects going on all around the world. It's a great thing, but it always feels like we're not doing enough.
That's all for now  I could ramble here, and that's never good.
Vani
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2009, 02:24:41 PM » |
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Your job sounds terrific! Congratulations! And thank you for helping to save the world.
-Matthew
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LilacMajesty
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2009, 03:36:12 PM » |
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Matthew - ask her how many languages she speaks. That's one of the reasons (along with her great intelligence) that she got the job.
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SilverMoon28
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2009, 04:03:44 PM » |
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I don't help save the world... unfortunately, we are far far FAR away from doing that. But thanks!
I only got the job because I speak French lol. Though they were happy with the other languages. My former boss actually said that I was over-qualified for the job, simply because it doesn't require a degree.
Wish I could do more for people, though...
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2009, 12:13:01 AM » |
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I only got the job because I speak French lol. Though they were happy with the other languages.
How many languages do you speak? |
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« Reply #6 on: February 26, 2009, 02:09:26 PM » |
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Uh... four.
French, Italian, Spanish and English. The smattering of German doesn't really count.
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LilacMajesty
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« Reply #7 on: February 26, 2009, 02:16:21 PM » |
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I thought you also spoke Arabic?
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« Reply #8 on: February 26, 2009, 05:40:05 PM » |
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Uh... four.
French, Italian, Spanish and English. The smattering of German doesn't really count.
Salut!  No sabia que hablabas espanol tambien. (sorry about the lack of accents or tildes...  ) Any other French or Spanish speakers here?  |
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2009, 07:01:12 PM » |
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?Espanol? Si, un poco.
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« Reply #10 on: February 26, 2009, 10:03:09 PM » |
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Français, un peu. Español, poquito. ... oh, Arabic, that is supposed to be hard.
After four years of HS French, and two years of College spanish. I was walking across campus one day and heard the guy behind me speaking Spanish and I understood him! Wow, I thought I've got it.
Turned around and .... it was my teacher! Only person I could understand. LALA
Neat job Silver. Where is your work in comparison to where you live? How do you get to work?
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« Reply #11 on: February 26, 2009, 11:11:50 PM » |
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She walks across the street from her apartment to get to work. Loooooooooooooong commute.
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