In Peace Corps Lesotho, we have a monthly newsletter, called the Khotso (Peace), for volunteers and staff to share with each other various things about volunteering, news, information, etc. We also have several committees to support different aspects of being a volunteer. One of those committees is the Diversity Committee, which was designed to support… Continue reading Diversity Article
Month: May 2014
Winter is Coming
Many PCV’s in Lesotho have been quoting Game of Thrones (TV show/book series): “Winter is Coming”. Being from California, I’m not really sure why they are saying this because it feels like winter is already here. And like the Game of Thrones books series that has 2 more books to be published, there are good… Continue reading Winter is Coming
Data Collection
Because the Peace Corps is a government agency with government funding, each Peace Corps country is tasked with measuring the impact of volunteers and reporting to the headquarters. I haven’t really had time in the past couple of weeks to write a blog article about Lesotho because every little bit of electricity my laptop gets… Continue reading Data Collection
That’s nice.
Regarding most of the things that I do in a bathroom, I’ve been trained not to do or talk about in public. Whether its illegal or socially unacceptable or just considered private, it doesn’t matter because none of those restrictions exist in Lesotho. While volunteering in Lesotho, I’ve been accustomed to witnessing or discussing the… Continue reading That’s nice.