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bololam: May 2012
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012. After 4 years in Africa, I'm finally going home. The sandstorms in Mauritania. Canoes on the river near my home. Getting water in the desert. Living in the cold mountains. It's been an awesome adventure. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Bololam (bowl-ol'-umm): my road, my path, my journey. View my complete profile. To see more about my time in Peace Corps Mauritania see my old blog. Michele Hernandez, PCV. Remember I'm 10 hours ahead of California! Good Things to Send. Free as a berde.
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bololam: Life Plan B: Staying in Rwanda
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Friday, November 18, 2011. Life Plan B: Staying in Rwanda. My Peace Corps contract is over on January 4th, 2012 and until them I'm working on my CV, networking with local big-wigs, and looking for a job in Kigali. I feel like I have so many capabilities that can be utilized well in Rwanda: language capacity, cultural understanding, situational adaptation, along with a western education make my skills set ripe for the region! Does that make sense? Oh, I forgot to tell you The Plan! Bololam (bowl-ol'-umm):...
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bololam: I'm coming home
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Tuesday, May 15, 2012. After 4 years in Africa, I'm finally going home. The sandstorms in Mauritania. Canoes on the river near my home. Getting water in the desert. Living in the cold mountains. It's been an awesome adventure. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Bololam (bowl-ol'-umm): my road, my path, my journey. View my complete profile. To see more about my time in Peace Corps Mauritania see my old blog. Michele Hernandez, PCV. Remember I'm 10 hours ahead of California! Good Things to Send.
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bololam: Parents, teachers divided over condom initiative
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Monday, October 24, 2011. Parents, teachers divided over condom initiative. This is an article a friend emailed to me (my own on-the-ground views will follow in the next posting):. Http:/ www.plusnews.org/Country.aspx? KIGALI, 24 October 2011 (PlusNews) - A proposed initiative to distribute condoms to Rwandan secondary school students has divided parents, teachers and other members of society, with some cheering the plan and others concerned that teens are not mature enough to use condoms responsibly.
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bololam: July 2010
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Friday, July 9, 2010. Rabbit is a common meat in Bungwe; they're small enough - and quick enough in reproducing- that you can eat it in a day. Cows would be too much meat and money for our little village. I think I can get goat or sheep meat at our market- Tuesdays only, when I'm working! In my front yard we planted irish potatoes and carrots under the papaya tree. The dark spots on the left are the holes we dug to put manure (fresh from our cows! My mom is cooking dinner! I uncovered the pot! Or we get ...
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bololam: November 2011
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Friday, November 18, 2011. Life Plan B: Staying in Rwanda. My Peace Corps contract is over on January 4th, 2012 and until them I'm working on my CV, networking with local big-wigs, and looking for a job in Kigali. I feel like I have so many capabilities that can be utilized well in Rwanda: language capacity, cultural understanding, situational adaptation, along with a western education make my skills set ripe for the region! Does that make sense? Oh, I forgot to tell you The Plan! Bololam (bowl-ol'-umm):...
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bololam: April 2011
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Monday, April 11, 2011. It can be difficult but. When you look for the joy in life, you'll find that it's surrounding you on all sides. 1Saying hello isn't just a quick wave of the hand as you rush by on the sidewalk. Here every friend you see on the street gets a hand shake- if not a hug- inquiries about the family, health, work, etc. So this little girl comes running up to me with open arms, greets me, and even kisses my cheek when I pick her up. Rwandans prefer to take the time and enjoy your friend's...
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bololam: September 2010
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Saturday, September 18, 2010. Home, Sweet, Home: Bungwe. Arrived: 30 December 2009. Left: 19 November 2010. One year in Bungwe:. Freezing rain water bucket baths. Stopping in the middle of my lesson because the loud rain on tin roofs. Cooking on charcoal fires. Milk and tea bar, almost like Starbucks! Squatty potties ie) a hole in the ground. Boiled beans and potatoes. every day. Greeting EVERY person in the street. Knowing everyone in my community, and then some. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Dried fruits...
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bololam: January 2012
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Friday, January 27, 2012. The End of the Line. I was talking to this girl the other day, she was a PCV here in Rwanda for her two years and is now staying a bit longer. She wasn't excited about being in Africa and Peace Corps when she first arrived straight out of college. I guess I always thought that when you're doing something for the first time in a new place you'd be ecstatic about it. Her students (she's a grade school teacher) and annoying things she puts up with. It's a matter of looking at the d...
