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Okavango Half Marathon and Collaboration
My friend and fellow Peace Corps Volunteer, Dinah Sandoval, is organizing a big event in her village of Shakawe that includes a half marathon race, a 5K race, and a Health Expo. She hopes to raise enough money to buy … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Service - Year 2
Tagged Botswana, Collaboration, Mobley, Peace Corps
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The Ups and Downs of My Biggest Peace Corps Project…
…The Teen-Caregiver Communication Workshop In March of 2012 we had our monthly Teen Club meeting. The Teen Club is for HIV positive youth ages 12-19, almost all of whom were born with HIV, before much was known about the virus, … Continue reading
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Tagged Botswana, HIV, Mobley, Peace Corps, Teen Club
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A Beautiful Sight
Yesterday, Maggie, one of our social workers, called to me, ”Do you want to be part of something special?” “Sure”, I replied. Who would turn down an offer like that? She waved me over and I followed Maggie, Mosa (another … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Service - Year 2
Tagged Botswana, HIV, Lions Club, Mobley, Peace Corps
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Last Stop – Mozambique
Continuing from part 2 of the series of posts about traveling with Betsy and Mike… To satisfy the anxious, anal participants in our group, we left for the Kasane airport early, about 12:30 pm to catch a 2:40 pm flight. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Peace Corps, Service - Year 2, Travel
Tagged Botswana, Mobley, mozambique, Peace Corps
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Six More Months
Actually we will be returning to the USA in less than six months, about five and one-half to be exact, but who’s counting? I am! If you are interested, you can see the exact number of months and days by looking in … Continue reading
Beauty
There are times when I get frustrated here in Botswana. I am supposed to be “building capacity” and doing sustainable projects. There is that old saying, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him … Continue reading
Chobe – Part 2 of travels with Betsy and Mike
Continuing from where we left off in the last blog post… We headed back to the Zimbabwe-Botswana border from Vic Falls early the next morning. We were met by a guide from Kalahari Tours and transported to their base in … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Peace Corps, Service - Year 2, Travel
Tagged Botswana, Chobe, Mobley, Peace Corps, Travel
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Betsy and Mike – Welcome home – Welcome to Africa
Since Marion wrote about David and Maria’s visit, he asked me to write the blog post about our travels with Betsy and Mike. So here goes. I won’t just be writing about the places we went and the things we … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Peace Corps, Service - Year 2, Travel
Tagged Botswana, Mobley, Peace Corps, Travel, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
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