Is Botswana’s Zero New HIV Infections by 2016 Realistic? – Urban Times

Please enjoy this recent article I wrote about Botswana and the country’s No New HIV Infections by 2016 goal! Is Botswana’s Zero New HIV Infections by 2016 Realistic? – Urban Times.

Wrapping Up 2011

It feels strange and significant to say, “I’ve spent all of 2011 living in Africa.” It’s the same thing as saying, “I’ve spent a whole year living in Africa,” but the turning of a numerical year seems to mark it more clearly in my mind. It’s one of those things where I can look back [...]

In which I’m an Honored Guest at the FTown Prison

It’s Month of Prayer time again – a time that begins a day after the the completion of Month of Ramadan and ends just before the Jewish High Holidays begin. During Month of Prayer, which is a nationally implemented event, Batswana organizations such as our District AIDS Office, the Botswana Defense Force (BDF), Botswana Meat [...]

Wrapping up Gay Pride Month

There’s quite a backlog of things I want to post since arriving home after mid-service training (and that minor addition of shaking hands with the First Lady), but as June gives way to July I didn’t want this little story to pass by. Relative to many African countries, it’s my opinion that Botswana is on [...]

Teen Club Feedback Meeting and Subsequent Realization of Winning

It’s been said most Peace Corps Volunteers don’t fully begin their real work until about a year into their service. In most situations, PCVs are dropped off at their home after training and basically given the green light to “begin service,” whatever that may be. Some PCVs have a very open ended service, while others [...]

Hobbies

Sometimes I have free time   Remixed                                   Both are the same pencil drawing – the second was colored using GIMP.

Severe Culture Hangover

It’s been a while since I wrote – my life’s been pretty hectic with work and play and hosting people. I spent Thanksgiving devouring American food with friends in Selebi-Phikwe, went camping in the rain with other friends at Letsibogo Dam (near Phikwe), and coordinated with the DAC office 5 World AIDS Day Celebrations in [...]

Prayer Day Wednesday

  Every Wednesday, all employees at Ntshe House are invited to gather together at the ground floor entrance to participate in group prayer. The prayers typically take place during the first 15 min of work (7:30 – 7:45 a.m.), are led each week by a different volunteer from one of the many government offices, and [...]

The Real Purpose of In-Service Training

Through the many PCV blogs I’ve read I learned that the first three months of Peace Corps service (after training) are typically the hardest. More people early terminate during this time (or think they’re going to) and culture shock creeps up until the PCV looks down and has either spontaneously lost 15 lbs (most men), [...]

Eating the Mopane Worm

My PCV friend John just posted this photo on Facebook of me and a friend about to eat a Mopane worm, or Gonimbrasia belina.  These little guys are abundant here – rich in protein and in my opinion, worthy of a little more attention. So how was it? The best way I can describe it [...]