In the villages, it is common to see children running around, playing anywhere. They don’t need permission or supervision. I’m not really sure what they do most of the time, but the kids are a part of the village life. Two of my host siblings, a boy and a girl, are still in primary school,… Continue reading Playing Around
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Lebitso la ka ke … (My name is …)
Lebitso la ka ke Palesa. In Lesotho, all names are taken from Sesotho words – my name, Palesa, is the word for flower. Like in the US, there are common names, but there are many grammatical variations of the same Sesotho word which makes names often confusing. For example, “Kea leboha”, meaning “I thank you”… Continue reading Lebitso la ka ke … (My name is …)
Road Trip: South Africa (Part 2)
After Kruger National Park, we drove to Johannesburg and flew to Cape Town. We stayed in Cape Town for a week and were joined by my friends who are also Peace Corps volunteers in Lesotho – Sarah and Zeke. (We definitely missed my brother, Scott, but I had 2 replacements!) We rented a car in… Continue reading Road Trip: South Africa (Part 2)
Road Trip: South Africa (Part 1)
After we explored a little bit of Lesotho, we headed on the next part of our road trip. We stayed in Durban for 3 nights, Johannesburg for one night, and then headed to Kruger National Park for the next 3 nights. On the road to Durban we saw a family of baboons.Baboons are everywhere –… Continue reading Road Trip: South Africa (Part 1)
Mom and Dad Commute to Lesotho
I’m so grateful that my mom and dad were able to come visit me for three whole weeks in Southern Africa. We traveled through Lesotho and all around South Africa together. This blog post is dedicated to the time that they spend in my current country of residence, Lesotho: Prior to arrival, I was a… Continue reading Mom and Dad Commute to Lesotho
Library Project
Part of being a Peace Corps Volunteer is having secondary projects. For Education volunteers, our main job is teaching classes, but we are also tasked with finding other needs to address within our community. So whether it’s coaching Grassroots Soccer (refer to previous post), building latrines, starting a piggery, or building a library, secondary projects… Continue reading Library Project
Winter Break
The last day of school was June 6, which began the start of my winter break. Since it started, I have been non-stop busy for the past few weeks and that this is the first time that I’ve been able to update my blog this month! The first part of my time off was spent… Continue reading Winter Break
Diversity Article
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
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