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Sawubona! Hello!: Bushfire: Bring Your Fire
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Peace Corps adventures from Swaziland. Tuesday, June 11, 2013. Bushfire: Bring Your Fire. 8211; June 2. The fire was for sure brought this weekend at Bushfire! Bushfire Music Festival is one of the greatest things about serving in Swaziland. For those who don’t remember by blog from last year, it is a three-day call to action. I decided to camp on the festival grounds this year with the majority of the other PCVs from Swaziland and a group of PCVs from Mozambique. It was so much fun. There was also a rea...
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Sawubona! Hello!: January 2013
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Peace Corps adventures from Swaziland. Monday, January 7, 2013. Kisimusi kuMalindza (Christmas in Malindza). After being wishy washy about where to spend Christmas this year I decided to just stay at my homestead. I was told to not really expect a big celebration so I emotionally prepared myself to just skip Christmas this year. However, like most things in Swaziland, I was surprised by how things actually played out. I ended up having a really good Christmas. Since it was so hot, we spent most of the ti...
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Sawubona! Hello!: Mighty Fine Group 9 Ring Out
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Peace Corps adventures from Swaziland. Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Mighty Fine Group 9 Ring Out. For the first time in PC Swaziland history we did a group ring out for closing our service. Group nine has had it fare share of ups and downs and through the waves we lost 16 members who decided to end their service early. That left only 23 of us and all but 6 are all closing our service in a two week time span. So we decided to all ring out together. It was a nice way to feel the end of our service as a group.
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Sawubona! Hello!: Ngwempisi Gorge
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Peace Corps adventures from Swaziland. Tuesday, July 16, 2013. I had what is probably my last stay-cation here in the Kingdom and it was beautiful. I went with eight other PCVs to Ngwempisi Gorge, which is in the middle of nowhere and it’s stunningly gorgeous (get it hahaha). We stayed at a community run lodge called Khopho Hut that is literally a rock tree fort. It is built into the rock cliff face and overlooks the gorge. Night one we braaied (BBQ) and spent time chasing rats out of the kitchen. Not so...
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Kelly in the Kingdom: August 2012
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Kelly in the Kingdom. Peace Corps Swaziland -Group 9- HIV Education, June 2011-August 2013. Wednesday, August 29, 2012. Culture is still shocking. Peace Corps has three goals we are trying to accomplish throughout our service. The first is to provide technical assistance and the other two have to do with cultural exchange, teaching. Swazis about America and vice versa. It is very common to be asked the question of how you like being in Swaziland? Indian ocean, here I come! Posted by Kelly Tooley. General...
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Kelly in the Kingdom: Poster Competition Winners
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Kelly in the Kingdom. Peace Corps Swaziland -Group 9- HIV Education, June 2011-August 2013. Tuesday, March 19, 2013. There were thrree age groups, and the top three from each age group were invited to the award ceremony. My students competed in the oldest age group (16-20). Both boys are currently in Form 2, which is equivalent to 9th grade. From the left- Siboniso (1st Place), Mrs. Msibi (English Teacher), Mfundo (2nd Place), Me. 65279;. Posted by Kelly Tooley. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Kelly in the Kingdom: January 2013
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Kelly in the Kingdom. Peace Corps Swaziland -Group 9- HIV Education, June 2011-August 2013. Tuesday, January 22, 2013. TOT: What a GLOWing success! I am still on a high from last week’s GLOW Counselor Training. The atmosphere of Swazi women playing an active role in their own empowerment was truly inspiring! For those of you just jumping on the bandwagon now, GLOW (Girls Leading Our World) exists to encourage, support, and inspire gender equality and female empowerment in the Kingdom of Swaziland. TOT is...
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Kelly in the Kingdom: September 2012
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Kelly in the Kingdom. Peace Corps Swaziland -Group 9- HIV Education, June 2011-August 2013. Tuesday, September 11, 2012. 3 blogs in 1 - Durban Vacation. September 10, 2012. The second half of our vacation was pretty wet, but it didn’t spoil our time since we spent a lot of time in shops. And it was good news because not only was it raining in Durban, but it was also raining in Swaziland! For those of you keeping up with my blog know how a good rain can lift my spirits. September 8, 2012. After lots of co...
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Kelly in the Kingdom: HIV Workshop complete.. Up next: Camp GLOW!
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Kelly in the Kingdom. Peace Corps Swaziland -Group 9- HIV Education, June 2011-August 2013. Sunday, April 28, 2013. HIV Workshop complete. Up next: Camp GLOW! Whew… It feels so good to be finished with the HIV Workshop I planned. For one of the HIV Support groups in my community. This project. Started many months ago when my community counterpart and I started. The grant writing process. I know now that I really dislike writing. Grants because of the wordiness and formulating proper goals,. Even my count...
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Kelly in the Kingdom: February 2013
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Kelly in the Kingdom. Peace Corps Swaziland -Group 9- HIV Education, June 2011-August 2013. Wednesday, February 20, 2013. I have been so busy lately, I havent been keeping up with the blogs,. And now so many things have happened I dont know what I have written. About and what I havent so forgive me if this blog seems like a hodge. Lets talk about GLOW first. GLOW is a continuous project. Now that. TOT (Training of Trainers) has finished and was a great success we are. That it makes celebrating American e...