After 9 weeks of PST, we were sworn in today by the US Ambassador as official Peace Corps volunteers in Namibia.
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Pertaining to the US program of international development and assistance.
Final days of PST and live stream of our Swearing-In!
We’re in the final throes of PST and preparing for our Swearing-In Ceremony tomorrow which will be streamed live via Periscope!
Continue reading “Final days of PST and live stream of our Swearing-In!”Images of Life in Namibia
For 5 days last week, I shadowed Andy G at his work & living site in Penduka Village outside of the capitol, Windhoek.
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Our KKG language instructor, JJ, agreed to videotape this greeting so that you could hear the unique sounds of his “clicking” Khoikhoi language.
Continue reading “Listen to this!”Pre-Service Training (PST) at the halfway point
PST is the name given to the 9 to 12 weeks of orientation and training that all PC Volunteers around the world receive between Staging (in the US) and their 2-year assignments “at site.”
Continue reading “Pre-Service Training (PST) at the halfway point”Breaking News: I’ll be living in Arandis
The first of two consecutive days of breaking news
The latest step in Peace Corps-Namibia’s “dance of the veils” occurred this afternoon. We all learned where we will shadow a current volunteer for a few days next week.
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On Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings, we begin our PST sessions with a number of songs to get the blood flowing. Starting with the national anthems (where you’ll hear the low energy in this audio clip), they get more and more rambunctious and end with stamping, swaying, dancing, clapping, finger-snapping and lots of laughing. It certainly wakes us up!
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Some random photos from this past week…
Day of sightseeing in Windhoek
We spent last Saturday exploring various sites in and around the nation’s capitol, Windhoek:
- Heroes Acre national cemetery.
- The Grove shopping mall.
- Old Location Cemetery at site where signs of South Africa’s apartheid regime are still evident.
- Katatura (meaning “the place where we don’t want to go”) – the district where Windhoek’s blacks were relocated during apartheid.
- Single Quarters open-air market where traditional food and drink are prepared and sold.
- Independence Memorial Museum with impressive galleries commemorating the country’s struggle for freedom from German, British and South African rule.