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letters from Namibia
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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 A Namibian Wedding | 26 An Obsession with Fences
January
1 New Year’s in Windhoek | 3 The Latrine of Babel
2003 Term 1
January
10 Ekuro, At Last! | 22 Sacrificed Ice-Cream | 31 Running Barefoot
February
14 Miss Valentine | 21 Random Glimpses | 28 The Plagiarism Episode
March
3 The whiteness of it all | 6 We are Not At Home| 14 A trip to the movies | 18 Saving Face | 28 Where the Wild Things Are
April
4 Contrasting beautiful, Namibia | 10 Missing Things | 25 The Tree of Life
May
1 Elusive English | 12 Views from the Top | 26 Fire Mountain | 31 The Elephant Ballet
2003 Term 2
June
6 Half as Naïve | 15 A Weekend | 17 Tuesdays with Morry | 27 Miss Winter | 27 Taxi Rides
July
18 The Gods Must Be Crazy | 25 Double Click
August
23 Chewing Batteries | 30 Smiles and Bare Feet
September
4 To Windhoek & Swakopmund
2003 Term 3
September
13 Where the tire meets the road | 28 Fundraising Failure
October
9 Idle Talk | 11 I’m Sardonically Happy! | 17 Palaver Club | 30 1 Year in Namibia | 31 Dislocated Halloween
November
4 Things Fall Apart | 5 “Non-disclosure” | 6-17 Two Weeks in Windhoek | 28 Baby Chickens
December
5 Things Fizzle Out | 17 Shoulder Saga Part 2 | 24 Final Thoughts in Namibia
2004 Term 1
January
4 Sera goes to Washington D.C. | 11 Zac goes to Cape Town | 22 School Slowly Starts | 26 Sera Finally Gets Surgery
February
15 Computers and Math | 29 Math Tests and Ms. Valentine
March
2 What’s Been Happening with Sera? | 26 A Wet Weekend at Ruacana Falls | 26 When is Sera coming back?
April
15 The Return of the Volunteer
May
8 Our Adventure to Chobe and Victoria Falls | 25 A Tour of Southern Namibia
2004 Term 2
June
4 Beheading Chickens and Battling the Ministry | 18 “It’s Condom Day!” | 27 HIV/AIDS Awareness Week
July
2 The Teacher | 18 The Game that Plays Itself | 30 (a lesson in conformity) | 31 A Day of Learning
August
5 Sources of Self-Esteem in Namibia | 8 Hark! Zac writes a letter | 21 Time Is Going
2004 Term 3
September
15 AIDS Awareness Program | 19 Farewell, electrical hair! | 24 The Black Dragon | 30 Crime and Punishment
October6 No more will be added to this. | 12 Surprise Endings; Beginning Again | 23 Love in Namibia | 31 Swan Song
November
11 Thunder in the North | 18 Lucky | 25 Pop Quiz | 28 A few Memories
December
23 The Last Days
January 2005
Epilogue
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