Wednesday 11 May 2011

Training

I showed up in Philadelphia for Pulse training. While lodging downtown next to the business HQ, I took the train to Wynnewood to ALSF ( Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation). At the station I found a young woman seemingly lost. A couple of quick questions - are you from GSK, are you here for Pulse training enabled us together to find ALSF. Ten others showed up from mostly GSK US but also GSK Canada. Introductions found that 5 of us were heading to Africa - Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Mali and South Africa. the Pulse team and a trainer, Andrew Butler,  took us through the logistics of the Pulse program, deployment,  what an NGO is about and how we are to settle into our new environment in the field..............