Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress
In the final days of my service, Fanang Diatla Self Help Project hosted a going-away party. Mathona introduced the care givers to young Kabelo. Through my organization, I was able to help Kabelo and his mother find a new home and support from care...
Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress
Agnes Qwabe, founder and director of Fanang Diatla Self Help Project, pulled me close during a meeting. Her vision and leadership grew the organization to serve many thousands of people in the surrounding in community, and she is often inspired to...
Host community friends; Volunteers; Traditional dress
Over the course of my service, I helped foster the existing income generating projects. Kopano and I worked closely to improve accounting practices in the bakery. Over the course of my two years, he and I became close friends. We worked together to...
For the second year of my service, I developed a relationship with a secondary school in my community where I repaired computers and established a working computer lab including donated typing games. Students practiced typing skills and became...
A young boy who is a relative of my host family was skeptical of my camera abilities. The photo was taken in the front yard of my host household in ga-Mathabatha, Limpoopo, South Africa, towards the end of my Peace Corps service.
In my second year of volunteering with the Peace Corps in Ghana I celebrated my birthday in the village of Asuboni with many of the children that I adore. Amé is one of them and her wonderful smile and joy of life made me exceptionally happy. It...