Since February when I last posted, I have been busy having fun and working. I was able to spend a weekend at the Khama Rhino Sanctuary in Serowe, only hours away from my village. I saw rhinos and other game, as well as the royal burial ground of the Khama family, with two of the Botswana presidents. My fellow Peace Corps volunteer and I also visited a wonderful prekindergarten school program for about 60 orphans and vulnerable children run by an interesting "coloured" family who lost a son to HIV/AIDS. I also heard how coloureds were discriminated against prior to independence.
Then next trip was a fascinating trip to see the very diverse city of Cape Town in South Africa, where the world cup will be held starting June 11 and the following two weeks.(An Africa country is not expected to win the cup, but I wish I were going to be in Botswana to watch it.) Besides having a huge working and retail waterfront complex, Robben Island where Mandela was jailed, and an old slave quarters in the city, there are beautiful gardens and beaches around. For those who know the film critic, Roger Ebert, he evidently went to university here.
Besides playing, I have been organizing some primary school visits with my PACT club and coordinating a training with other volunteers for a leadership training during March,the month of Youth Against AIDS.
Peace Corps has also given us lots reports to write up before we leave. So as we work on that, this very day, 57 new Peace Corps volunteers have arrived in Molepolole for two months of language, cultural and technical training. And so the cycle continues. When they finish training, they will take our places at schools, nongovernmental organizations, clinics and HIV/AIDS prevention councils.
And as I close, I am getting ready to go to Gaborone to assist the organizers with
Botswana's first major world class marathon on Sunday, April 18th. It should be a fun event. Some Peace Corps are running and others are helping.
So enough for now. I hope to post some photos at some point! Do post comments and questions if you like.
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3 comments:
I always enjoy reading your blog. Can't wait to talk to you when you return and hear about it all.
Looking forward to seeing you in June.
Linda
Hi Molly,
I was a PCV in Namibia 06-08 and now am a med student in Philadelphia. I'm spending my summer (late June-early Aug) in Kasane, Botswana doing pediatric TB work. I've been having trouble finding housing though and am hoping to find a PCV in the Kasane area who might be able to connect me to a local family that would like to rent me a room. Do you know any PCVs in that area? I'd appreciate any thoughts you have.
Thanks!
Best,
Lucy
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