Category: PC Lesotho

Before exams, is a week of studying, called revision week. I have been working hard to prepare my students – giving practice exams, classwork, homework and as much help as I can give. This is followed by grading and giving as much feedback as possible.  This week is exam week, which should really be exam… Continue reading Exam Week

The first three months at site, we are not allowed to travel and are supposed to stay in our village in order to get to know our community. (We were allowed to leave for the holidays and for trips to the camptown for groceries.) Last weekend was the first weekend that we were allowed to… Continue reading Visiting Friends

The country of Lesotho has one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS (if not the highest) in the world. Part of my job as a PCV in Lesotho is to educate people about AIDS and HIV, which is a topic that is very hushed in this culture. But as an educator of sexually transmitted diseases,… Continue reading Sex Talk

My weekends are reserved for the mornings that I get to relax in bed, take my time getting up, and enjoy my coffee or tea. But yesterday (Saturday), I got out of bed at 6:30am, ran around getting all of my things together, and ran off to go to Sports Day. Sports day is what… Continue reading Sports Day!!

I don’t have a topic to post about this week: I’m slowly getting used to teaching and living here in Lesotho. So here are some of the pictures I’ve taken. I’ve started to get better with making food. I really miss being lazy and having leftovers or just being able to pick up something to… Continue reading Untitled

I try to go to a camptown at least once during the weekend. This is my chance to get fruit, vegetables and electricity/wifi. Luckily, I have two camptowns that are roughly an hour away from me and two more camptowns about 2 hours away. Many PCV’s throughout the country are more than 2 hours away… Continue reading Commuting to the Camptown

Many people have asked me about what living here is like on a regular day in Lesotho. It is definitely very different but life goes much slower here so I have had time to rest, do things that I’ve been “getting around to” for the past few years, and do all the things that just… Continue reading The Daily

I was more than halfway done with my first week of school; it was Thursday morning and I was in between classes. I walked into the staff room briefly to get something and saw a female student convulsing on the ground. She was surrounded by several other students who were standing around to help and… Continue reading Possessed

Last Monday was the first day of school. On Monday, parents were still signing up their students for school. Teachers were still figuring out which students should go to which classes. One of the teachers started a medical leave of absence for a month. But even with all of the commotion, the school I teach… Continue reading The First Week of School

For the first two months of living in Lesotho, I was training to be a Peace Corps Volunteer – learning the culture, language, policies, procedures, etc. The other trainees and I lived in 3 neighboring villages with host families. My training village, HaMabekenyane, was the smallest with 7 trainees. We basically spent the entire 2… Continue reading Happy Holidays