The office.

Today was our first day at work at CEOSS, the Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services. A huge indigenous development organization, it has hundreds of employees and a wide range of programs. Their four departments are development (as in fighting poverty, not fundraising), micro-enterprise, cultural dialogue and publishing. We're hoping to have a hand in multiple areas, and visit some of the field sites where actual work is being done. Perhaps next week...?

We didn't do a whole lot today: primarily just followed our supervisor through the five-storey building and met everyone, promptly forgetting every name. Not quite everyone: between 50-60 people, so maybe 25%. Then they left us in our office to read annual reports, brochures, etc. while they figure out what to do with us.

It's probably going to be pretty low key for a while. Ramadan starts tomorrow, and it sounds like not much will get done the next month. But we're really excited to experience it. More on that soon!