February (as well as some significant time leading up to now) has included preparing documents, meetings, and logistics for the regular 5-year MCC Program Evaluation.
Here are some numbers:
228: emails (and counting) in my Program Evaluation folder (no number for phone calls)
12: days for the evaluation
40: separate meetings
15: different meeting locations
3: members of the evaluation team, representing the U.S., Nicaragua, and Switzerland
1972: the year of Managua's historic earthquake, when Jerry, the Program Evaluation team leader, was MCC's Latin America Area Director based in Pennsylvania
1984: the year Moisés and other young medical professionals began the grassroots organization Acción Médica Crisitana, an organization that he would direct for several years.
5: languages that Ilona, MCC Co-rep for Honduras, speaks (6 if she'll let you count Swiss German and German separately)
4: people who traveled 8 hours or more by bus (and/or boat) for meetings during the evaluation (from Costa Rica and Bluefields)
6: early recommendations presented by the team
It was a joy to work with this group over the past two weeks. We couldn't have ask for a group with more appropriate experience and wisdom, who also happened to have excellent team chemistry. We are very thankful to each of them for offering their time and energy during this process. The work they have done will be really helpful to MCC Nicaragua and Costa Rica in the years to come.
(Ilona, I acknowledge stealing this picture off your facebook post)
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