“As a volunteer you are not expected to kill anything.”

We have arrived at ARI and settled into our room in the guest house (pictured).

The participants (students) and other volunteers stay in men’s and women’s dormitories, but as a married couple on a long term volunteer placement we got the upgrade, including air conditioning, which is a real bonus as it has been unusually hot here.

And about the title of this post. We got a tour of the campus this afternoon. We raise pigs and goats and chickens, among other things. When the time comes the pigs and goats are sent off site for “processing”. But the chickens are done in house, so to speak. As we were shown the chicken-killing room our guide explained that each participant is required to take shifts killing chickens (unless they have a religious or cultural prohibition). But as volunteers we are not required to kill any chickens. Chrys immediately accepted the exemption, but Scott might try his hand at it. We shall see when the time comes.

The title quote came from that discussion.