I write this from my absurdly nice hotel in Quito, Ecuador. We arrived here yesterday (Sunday) afternoon after a very smooth direct flight from Panama. It was overcast and drizzling a bit upon arrival but since then has been this wonderful, crisp, fresh air weather and around 50-60 degrees. It feels wonderful, like a preview of fall weather to come. We're up in the mountains so the fog settles around the valley that is Quito and the views are unbelievable.
Today was our first day meeting with the Plan Ecuador office and they were amazingly helpful and insightful into what kinds of programs are going on here in the country. There are I believe 13 program offices throughout the country and Plan is one of the main NGOs here, along with the UN Agencies of course and World Vision and ChildFund.
The most bizarre thing that has happened to us so far is that we were asked to make a radio appearance tomorrow morning on the NATIONAL radio station "Fe y Alegria". Plan has one hour of radio time every Tuesday morning, and we were selected to go on. I'm not quite sure how we are qualified to talk in Spanish in front of a national audience about the reduction of risks during an emergency and disaster preparedness, but somehow we are. This is what makes the field of development so amazing and bizarre sometimes!
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