Archive for Southern Africa

Here to Help

July 21st, 2006 by peacecorpskate.

Hello. My name is Katy and I’m a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer who served in South Africa from 2003 to 2005. While there, I lived in a rural community and worked as a teacher trainer for three primary schools. I developed two school libraries, coordinated a girl leadership/HIV awareness camp, and conducted educational [...]

ahhhhhhhhhhh namibia

July 11th, 2006 by PapaPlus.

i will try to be brief. namibia ,wow, i mean the place is always on my mind. i was in the first group of volunteers stationed there. there was no peace corps namibia office, we had a week training in botswana. namibia had been free exactly 5 months prior to our arrival. i meet my [...]

Out of the Blue

June 13th, 2006 by careberg in South Africa.

In a matter of weeks, my life, as I have known it for 61 years, will drastically change.  On July 24th, I will begin my 27-months with the Peace Corps serving in South Africa.  This realization came to me for the first time 2 days ago – I began to cry.  At first, I didn’t [...]

Peace Corps Namibia Website

October 18th, 2005 by Sera Arcaro.

If anyone is going to Namibia as a Peace Corps volunteer and wants to get a heads up about what life will be like, check out my website at http://www.serasphere.net I was a volunteer teaching English in northern Namibia (2002-2004) . I also did some work addressing the HIV/AIDS crisis in Namibia. [...]

PCT’s going to Africa?

September 15th, 2005 by JasonSears.

I’m getting an early start on forming a contact network as I prepare to leave for Namibia in November. I’ll be teaching computers and providing IT support in southern Namibia.