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Tag Archives: Africa
Visiting our new home
03 Apr 2011 | Magalela Village, Zambia (-17.3014, 26.0948) Part of our Peace Corps training is to prepare us for village life but with this and all the previous travel we have done, living this far ‘off the grid’ really … finish reading Visiting our new home
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A week of relaxing
27 Mar 2011 | Chalimbana, Chongwe, Zambia (-15.3825, 28.6973) We were fortunate this week in that we found one of the few working pools in Zambia (as some of you may know, Africa is notorious for empty pools) and actually … finish reading A week of relaxing
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Tagged Africa, chongwe, home, kids, milk, Peace Corps, photograph, pool, pretty, rain, road, sun, sunset, swearing in ceremony, swimming, train, U.S., village, volunteer, volunteers, Zambia
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Our site assignment and BBQ
20 Mar 2011 | Chalimbana, Chongwe, Zambia (-15.3825, 28.6973) The sixth week of training was a big one for us; we found out our site assignments and had a BBQ party to celebrate our half-way point. We have also started … finish reading Our site assignment and BBQ
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Tagged Africa, Aid and Development, Barbecue, BBQ, bbq party, car, chongwe, digging holes, discover, google, lunch, Lusaka, morning mist, Peace Corps, plant trees, rain, saplings, sun, swimming, town, U.S., Zambia
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A week of education
13 Mar 2011 | Chalimbana, Chongwe, Zambia (-15.3825, 28.6973) Our fifth week of training was devoted to learning how to live in the village and about the options available to us for educating basic school kids in the environment. One … finish reading A week of education
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Tagged Africa, bird, car, chongwe, cook, Cooking, development, discover, dog, doing dishes, Drinking Water, Environment, fried, Hand pump, host sister, jerrycan, kids, laundry, life, Peace Corps, photograph, Pump, rain, school, school kids, tea, Tom Hanks, train, U.S., US Peace Corps, village, volunteer, volunteers, water, water pump, Water Resources, Zambia
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The toughest job you’ll ever love
06 Mar 2011 | Chongwe, Zambia (-15.3308, 28.6755) In our fourth week of training we pondered the rules of workplace safety, marveled at what the sun can do, learned how to dig a hole, avoided the ants, and slept. A … finish reading The toughest job you’ll ever love
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Tagged Africa, ants, baby, Business, chongwe, construction site, discover, Electric, Energy, good, highway, internet cafe, language, Peace Corps, rain, Renewable, sleep, Solar, Solar energy, solar panel, storm, sun, sunset, train, U.S., volunteer, workplace safety, Zambia
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