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Can a simple compliment lead to rashes and bleeding from the eyes?
It is almost February and my school is getting ready for the form one students to report. I am anxious for them to come so I can begin teaching. I am currently only teaching one class and am afraid I am getting relaxed and used to my light schedule. I also think it is not the best practice to have students show up to school more than a month after opening day. I am actually not looking forward to the first few weeks of teaching the form one students. It will take them a few weeks to u...
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Rose-Tinted Glasses
my As much as we all may joke about Peace Corps goggles (it is not a joke: it is an affliction!), many of us have switched those spectacles for another pair of late. Long ago, when it meant little to me, I heard through the usual twisted, time-distorted chain of Peace Corps wisdom about the rose-tinted glasses. These, the legend went, slip down over your eyes during your last weeks in your village; they distort your once reliable vision and suddenly you find all that once irritated you to no ...
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Manakara Be Sunset
After a relaxing day with Volunteers of the SudEst, it's really overwhelming how breathtaking the Manakara Be sunset can really be! There is just nothing better than being with friends, toes in the sand, enjoying the comfortable 4th of July weather and capturing one of the amazing scenery shots of Madagascar, like this one posted here. Mazotoa!
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Mody
Elementary school students walking home for lunch in the rain.
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Mother and child
Anketrakabe, Madagascar
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Race to the Finish
During an HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention bike tour, we held several condom races. Teams competed to demonstrate propler condom use and ran to the finish (a trash can). Here a woman runs to victory!
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Visitors' Center Painting Project
In May 2011, eight PCVs in Madagascar met at Ranomafana National Park. We worked to paint the interior of the new visitors' center with images of endemic species. We also created a three dimensional topographical map of the park and surrounding area.
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English Club!
Health PCV Raffaele Macri, learning how to dance Malagasy style with Fianarantsoa University English Club students.
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Trotro be
Traditional Tanala dance in Kelilalina, Madagasar.
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Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes!
Education PCV Dorothy Mayne, teaches the middle school students of Anketrakabe, Madagascar how to sing "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes".
Third Goal
ThirdGoal.org is an opportunity for the 200,000 Peace Corps Volunteers who have served since 1961 to collectively celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps in 2011. Learn more about our bold plans here...
Countdown to Weekly Contest Deadline!
“Sunset at the Railroad” by PCV Nicholas Baylor Hall. Namibia, 2011.
