Rain in Namibia Stays Mainly in the Sky
Some combination of everything in Namibia dying from drought and ‘Africa’ by Toto has given me a romantic notion about rain here.
Category: Peace Corps Life
The Peace Corps requirements, conferences, and other bureaucratic things.
Gardening, Like a Moss
Gardening like a moss involves moving heavy stumps, perseverance, and murderous thoughts towards bunny rabbits
Zombie Peace Corpse
Many people have posited Namibia to be the one of the safest places in the world in the event of a Zombie apocalypse. Given the incredibly low population density, I was inclined to agree. Until now…
Live Love Laugh Health Club
I get a kick out of cheesy phrases, stupid jokes, and clichés. Nobody else in Namibia understands why I think it’s hilarious to name the health club Live Love Laugh.
Mid-Service
Being halfway through something with such a definitive start and end brings you into a state of acute self awareness.
Harassment du jour
As a white woman alone in Namibia, I expected harassment would be part of my life. But that expectation didn’t make it any easier to experience.
Namibian Locations
‘Location’ is the word used to describe the neighborhoods where black people were confined to during Apartheid.
Garden? I Can Dig It
I decided my first time living in a semi-arid desert climate was a good time to start a garden.
How To: Hand Wash Clothes
One of the first things we learned in training was how to hand wash clothes.
Where Healthy Meals are Born
Cooking classes on preparing healthy meals was one of the first programs I ran here at the hospital.