“Defiling pupil is a crime” This is not a blog I would have thought of writing earlier, but a lot of topics we would consider taboo in the States are just part of the fabric of life here. Even though it’s OK to show Milie Cyrus gyrating on stage and we think nothing of violence … Read more
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