First Part of Training

So while in training you’ll undergo sessions on language, culture, politics, what to do at site (secondary projects, community integration), and program specific technical training. If they keep the same training schedule as before, your training day goes from about 8am-4pm and you’ll have language classes most of these days, and a mix of the others.

As for money, you don’t really get any. You get an eight sole/day allowance for transportation and general items. Peace Corps pays your families for rooming, as well as feeding you three times a day. On days where you’re at the training center for lunch, they’ll even pack your lunch for you!

Living situations are pretty good. All of the houses will have electricity and water…but water in the sense that the house has it. You might have running water, but it’s more common to take bucket baths. Between 4-15 other trainees will live in your neighborhood, so you’ll have friends around. Usually on Saturday morning, you’ll have special tech training…but I really don’t know about anything for the Small Business and Youth Development.