by Nancy Wesson, Peace Corps Volunteer, Program Advisor: Literacy and Adult Basic Education The education of the girl-child and the women they become is one of the single most important contributions society can make to improving income, health and development for the community at large. It is not overstating the matter to say: “An educated … Read more
By Nancy Wesson, LABE Program, Advisor/Peace Corps Volunteer. An estimated 34 million people are living with HIV/AIDS in Africa and 59 per cent of those above the age of 15 are women. Of that 34 million, roughly 10 per cent are children below the age of 141 Women and girls are physiologically two to four … Read more
A few blogs ago I mentioned that I am helping a young man go back to school. What started as an acquaintance on the street has turned into a pulling at the heart strings as I learn more about Peter and his story. So I’d like to introduce you to this young man who has … Read more
This morning dawned unexpectedly quiet…. Always a welcome event here – and rare. So beautiful was the silence that i turned off the fan and reveled in it. Constant Karaoke… Must be a new bare somewhere, but every time I woke up last night, there it was again. This morning’s silence was almost deafening by … Read more
Finally – at long last – we are actually starting the project that was attempted in 2011. A burned foot, change of Town Clerk and LABE work intervened and conspired to stall the project. And a truculent volunteer dug her heels and played the role of a power-mongering bureaucrat. Her first question when approached in … Read more