When I was assigned to the Congo, I had a lot of learning to do as regards the lessons to which we would all be subjected by the Peace Corps. First we served three months in South Carolina (work training), three months in Burundi (language training), and then another three months in the Congo. The [...]
Peace Corps Volunteer Information Database Version 2.0 I’m not sure what the accredation process is, but I bet the components have something to do with PCVs who are host country resident personal services contractors. HR 3528
Hey, I just got signed up for the Animal Husbandry program to Africa, leaving in October of 08. Can anyone tell me what are some of the projects that have or are being done? Is anyone in Africa doing Animal Husbandry right now? Where are some of the places people are set up? I’d love [...]
Saturday 12th, 2007 9:25 AM In Fulakunda village life, generally society, it is very easy to see the pecking order or the hierarchy. The best example of it is by drinking tea. I have encountered some that call it the Tea Ceremony. I don’t consider it a formal ceremony such as a birth, a wedding or a [...]
Saturday January 5th, 2007 9:13 AM I’m really trying to figure out my place in the village. All day as I move around the village, I watch and listen to people. Naturally I’m trying to learn the language but also I’m trying to figure out who is who, where peoples place is in the social order [...]
