It appears Amanda's recruitment to the Trace Foundation has been under false pretenses. Late in September we made our way to Sertar in the far north west of Sichuan Province China to begin work with the Tibetan community there. Upon meeting with the Director of Education of the Sertar County he was unaware a project had been designed and was at the stage of implimentation. He has also never heard of the Trace Foundation. Alarm bells started to ring.
Amanda was assured her employment with Trace was secure by her manager. On Friday her contract was terminated leaving us high and dry without employment in China. Things got worse when our belongings we brought from Australia, mainly heavy clothing will be difficult to ship back home because Trace issued us with business visas not working visas. In effect we are in China illegally.
We are making our way to Laos in the next week or so.
Jurgen
of no fixed abode