Carrie, The Brilliant Author

I am doubly blessed! Today I spoke with Gloria Wiersma from International Aid about my senior project writing for them, and it sounds like a tremendous opportunity. I will be writing information that will go to hospitals and doctor offices here in the USA and to nurses in the Philippines who are prospective participants in their nursing exchange program. Recruiters often travel to the Philippines to find nurses, but often abuse the contracts that they have the nurses sign. Authorities have found nurses working in the recruiters homes as housekeepers and nannies, and they are often duped out of thousands of dollars in their salaries. International Aid is trying to helpend this by providing an alternative agency to work with that insures that they are fairly treated. I will defiently tell you more about this after I travel up there this Friday to look at the facilites and speak with employees.

I also (drum roll please) have been hired by Suite101.com as their new "Daycare Expert" writer to share what I have learned over 4.5 years at CFK/SMLS. I will be writing an article a week, as well as a more informal blog post. I'll also be maintaining my topic's discussion section. The money that I make will be based upon traffic, so if ya'all have some free time, please check it out when its up and running in a couple weeks. Yay!