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Girls Leading Our World
... been one national GLOW camp for all of Rwanda but this year Peace Corps decided to introduce regional camps. In Nyanza region (the region where I live) we had 6 volunteers who each invited 5 girls from the schools where we teach to participate in the camp. By hosting more camps at the regional level Peace Corps hoped the camps would be more sustainable because volunteers could work more closely with the campers to support them in ...
Food Culture
... are not blog moments for me. I used to, pretty frequently, have moments were something was so bizarre, strange, or enlightening that I would think to myself, "I have to blog about this!" but now I’ve been here a while and those things just seem, normal. Also, some of the things that don’t seem normal aren’t necessary positive and I haven’t figured out how I want to talk about them in a public forum. But a blog post is nonetheless long ...
African Anniversary
... am just in the right place at the right time or I am ignorant of the challenges ahead. My guess is that a little of both are true." How right I was….
This blog post in dedicated to commemorating my first year in Africa. This past year has involved formally and informally studying French, Zarma, and Kinyarwanda. I’ve learned to cook over an open fire and how to carry water on my head. No less than 13 flights brought me to *****, back home for ...
This pen is my pen, this pen is your pen....
... the road can be the most interesting thing going on.
Living in a small community changes so many things about life. As I watch the road I can't help but admire the sense of calm around me. The people around me aren’t stressing out about social security or whether they have lost or gained a few pounds, they are just sitting there, in silence, watching the road. I teach middle schoolers, a demographic that is infamous in the US for ...
Talk English
Teaching. The first year as a new teacher is challenging in any context but let me give you a little background on my rather unique teaching environment. Rwanda is part of the East African Community and within this community most countries use English as their primary medium of communication. Rwanda was originally a German colony but was taken over by Belgium and remained under ...


