Now that most of us passed our final language exam, its time to write a bit about Nyanja. I surpised myself by doing fairly well on the LPI, mostly because the day the test rolled around,  I had gotten a grand total of two hours of sleep because I’d been up all night puking my … More Ndikamba chiNyanja

Now that PST is almost over, I wanted to touch on daily life of a trainee… I know I’ve given a rundown of our schedules in the past…and not much has changed. However, I did want to provide a wonderful introduction to “Life in a hut” written by my friend and fellow trainee, Laura McKinstry… … More Life as a Trainee

We didn’t get a day of rest after second site visit, so we just jumped right back in. We had a interesting session in marriage rituals/coming of age traditions. We were split into groups of men and women and learned the rituals according to our sex. The most interesting thing to note was that women … More Back in the Game: Tech Talk pt II

Pretty soon after I got to Chiparamba, Buck and I went down to the “sub-center” which is where a lot of the community buildings are–this is maybe 1 km away down a hill and past several fields, as well as maybe 1 or 2 villages. We first stopped at the school where I re-met the … More Chiparamba

 Tsateni Village: We slept in tents at Amber’s site. I don’t have a sleeping pad so sleeping on the ground became uncomfortable after the first night! The morning of the second day, Amber made us some delicious cinnamon buns in her dutch oven. This took most of the morning. We had realized fairly early that … More We Climbed the Wrong Mountain

We had a few quick days of training after the host workshop where we worked on HIV/AIDS and more Malaria awareness,  agroforestry and a deeper look into six specific tree species: 1. Tephrosia vogelli Used as Fish Posion because when scattered in water it stuns the fish and they float to the surface of the … More Moringa Moringa!