Monday, Day 16: How do you say Art Deco in Khmer?

I'll be honest in my process here... I am WAY behind in writing this log and I am going to catch up by keeping some items brief. Today was a meeting at Meeting at RUPP with Thyroth and Tracy - just another chance to realize how behind we are :) Then, we met with a group of graduating students and faculty members to discuss the development of an alumni group and eventually the nations's first Social Work Professional Association - SO EXCITING! It's stuff like that that really lights me up - being around to facilitate the dreaming and hoping - to organize the vision of individuals and groups and help the see their passions come together into meaningful and well articulated terms. Sigh. Then, we met with the Country Director and Program Coodinator at PATH's Cambodia office. PATH is an NGO based in Seattle - the pet of the Gates Foundation. I took a class from 2 of their VPs in the winter and learned about some of their projects during our case studies and it was great to see what work they are doing here. I love their model of rigorous evaluation while utilizing local knowledge and expertise to provide health technology solutions to locally defined global problems. I was very impressed. 

We stopped briefly at the Central Market, an art deco building toward the waterfront - so beautiful! Pictures to come. We had lunch and then made our way home to work in a cafe for the rest of the evening. The ran came - the night air cooled. I stayed late (my usual) and made a slow walk home to catch some zzz's. Another day to be grateful for in PP.