Again! Not sure how he gets up there...or how I'm going to get him down this time.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Crunch in the ceiling...
Again! Not sure how he gets up there...or how I'm going to get him down this time.
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Happy Independence Namibia!
Yesterday we celebrated 20 years of independence in Namibia! It is really exciting to be in country on such an important day. I always think back to what life was like before independence and how happy everyone must have been 20 years ago today.
I celebrated Independence with some friends in Windhoek. I needed to be in the capital for something this week, so it seemed to make sense to come down a few days early and enjoy some free internet, time with friends and yummy restaurants before I had to resume my PC duties :).
Life in Khorixas has been great! I have a primary project now with a youth organization called OYO (http://ombetja.org). They primarily work with learners, teachers and out of school youth and use art, songs and dramas to create behavior change and reduce HIV/AIDS.
I will be working in the Khorixas office of OYO with three other young guys who are wonderful! So far, I have traveled around to schools, presented the OYO magazine and have brainstormed other projects for next term. It's great because OYO is always busy and always works with learners, which is what I love!
Right now I am helping one of my colleagues with a behavior change program for secondary learners in a village all boys school outside Khorixas. The school has a problem with marijuana use and smoking and has asked OYO to come out and work with the boys. I am really excited about helping out with that project.
I am also continuing with my Girls Clubs and hope to work with Ministry of Education and OYO in Opuwo to train some facilitators to start some girls clubs up there (Opuwo is the northern town in my region, Kunene).
The PC side of my job has been good as well. I just came back from spending a week traveling Kunene with PC checking in a new volunteers and looking for new sites to palce the new education group (who will come in August). It was a lot of fun to see parts of the region I had never seen before. I had never been up to Opuwo, which is beautiful. It is a realy unique town. If you google Opuwo and Himba (the tribe that lives up there) you can read more about the traditions and see pictures of the Himba tribe. If you bought bracelets from my mom or me, that is where the bracelets come from.
The Kunene travels with PC went really well. The volunteers in our region seem to be doing great! It was good to see them and their villages and hear all the wonderful things their supervisors said about them. I think they enjoyed seeing some familiar faces as well! Some of the possible new sites we visited were really cool as well.
Well, I hope everything is wonderful over in America!! I miss you all a lot! I just bought a new computer here (my old one pooped out last month)...and I think it will be able to Skype and make getting on the internet a bit easier, so hopefully I will be in better contact with everyone!
Miss you!!!!!!
I celebrated Independence with some friends in Windhoek. I needed to be in the capital for something this week, so it seemed to make sense to come down a few days early and enjoy some free internet, time with friends and yummy restaurants before I had to resume my PC duties :).
Life in Khorixas has been great! I have a primary project now with a youth organization called OYO (http://ombetja.org). They primarily work with learners, teachers and out of school youth and use art, songs and dramas to create behavior change and reduce HIV/AIDS.
I will be working in the Khorixas office of OYO with three other young guys who are wonderful! So far, I have traveled around to schools, presented the OYO magazine and have brainstormed other projects for next term. It's great because OYO is always busy and always works with learners, which is what I love!
Right now I am helping one of my colleagues with a behavior change program for secondary learners in a village all boys school outside Khorixas. The school has a problem with marijuana use and smoking and has asked OYO to come out and work with the boys. I am really excited about helping out with that project.
I am also continuing with my Girls Clubs and hope to work with Ministry of Education and OYO in Opuwo to train some facilitators to start some girls clubs up there (Opuwo is the northern town in my region, Kunene).
The PC side of my job has been good as well. I just came back from spending a week traveling Kunene with PC checking in a new volunteers and looking for new sites to palce the new education group (who will come in August). It was a lot of fun to see parts of the region I had never seen before. I had never been up to Opuwo, which is beautiful. It is a realy unique town. If you google Opuwo and Himba (the tribe that lives up there) you can read more about the traditions and see pictures of the Himba tribe. If you bought bracelets from my mom or me, that is where the bracelets come from.
The Kunene travels with PC went really well. The volunteers in our region seem to be doing great! It was good to see them and their villages and hear all the wonderful things their supervisors said about them. I think they enjoyed seeing some familiar faces as well! Some of the possible new sites we visited were really cool as well.
Well, I hope everything is wonderful over in America!! I miss you all a lot! I just bought a new computer here (my old one pooped out last month)...and I think it will be able to Skype and make getting on the internet a bit easier, so hopefully I will be in better contact with everyone!
Miss you!!!!!!
Monday, March 8, 2010
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