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Letters
letters from Namibia Click here to view letters organized by topic INTRODUCTION Training: 27 October 2002 – 6 January 2003 October 30 There is No Dirt Here November 3 Omege, Our Village | 26 Ekuro, Our School | 29 Thanksgiving December 1 Sunday in Omege | 15 The Environment | 22 Model School | 22 …
The Top Ten Reasons to Visit Namibia
The Top Ten Reasons to Visit Namibia Drinkable yogurt. Goats. Sun 300 days a year (partly cloudy 65 ¼). No one smokes. Really cool lizards everywhere. Relive your childhood—Namibia is a giant sandbox! You can fantasize you are a rock star and that’s why everybody is staring at you. Small boys on donkeys. There …
Namibia Speech
My Experiences in Namibia by Sera Arcaro 15 February 2004 When I was home for surgery, my church asked me to give a speech on Namibia, and this is what I gave them: I am here today to share with you my experiences in Namibia, a country in Southern Africa. Now, I am not going …
Glossary of Oshiwambo
Glossary of Oshiwambo meme= mother or woman or miss/Mrs. (pronounced MAY-may) tate = father or man or sir/Mr. (pronounced TAH-tay) Cuca shop = small shop selling beer and some other things like cookies oshana = a large, shallow pool of water that forms during the rainy season oshilumbu = foreigner or white person iilumbu = …
LINKS
RELATED LINKS official site of the U.S. Peace Corps HIV/AIDS in Namibia projects: Documentary series on HIV/AIDS in Namibia A thorough look at aspects of HIV/AIDS in Namibia Periclean Scholars at Elon University Students dedicated to making both local and global communities aware of the issues surrounding the spread of HIV/AIDS in Namibia Catholic AIDS …
An Interview with Sera
July 2004 An Interview with Sera Amanda Taylor, a Periclean Scholar at Elon University, interviewed Sera. Excerpts below: Why did you join the Peace Corps? Ah, that is the question. I got the idea in my head after a trip to Honduras to work on some development projects when I was 15. I thought, “these …
Haikus for Namibia 01 November 2004
Haikus for Namibia 1 November 2004 by Sera Arcaro a map on the wall the spider crosses the world in just three seconds cows eating plastic small shirtless boys walking by they will eat the cows the rains came heavy newly hatched insects emerged chickens are happy I am teaching class the …
Exam Highlights
Exam Highlights ~ April 2003 I’ve marked 300 grade 9 English exams and 200 grade 11 exams. The only way to make this experience tolerable is to look at the humourous side of it all. So I would now like to present my new series called: Namlish Grade 9 Exams On the grade 9 listening …
Top Ten Ways a Namibian Classroom is like a Tang Soo Do Dojang
Top Ten Ways a Namibian Classroom is like a Tang Soo Do Dojang according to Sera and Zac 10. The students wear uniforms (that don’t get washed often enough!). 9. The students have to sweep the room before class every day. 8. Everyone is always hungry, thirsty, and tired. 7. There is strict protocol …
HIV
HIV/AIDS Discussion 26 September 2004 I held a roundtable discussion on 26 September 2004 to discuss ways of encouraging actual behavior change through the HIV/AIDS awareness campaign in Namibia. The participants were five learners ages 17-21. All are in grade 12 and all are in the AIDS club. The participants were as follows– Male: Freddy …