Jan 04, 2017 11:47AM
With the New Year quickly approaching, we are again faced with New Year’s Resolutions. More often than not, we fall back on tried and true r...
Jan 31, 2015 11:35AM
Next week, after 27 months/112 weeks /784 days – whoa that sounds long! – in Uganda, I will officially be graduating from PCV to RPCV (Retur...
Dec 01, 2014 11:45AM
This past weekend was the Official Launch of my school’s Health Promoters Club. The members of the club are students who want to be involved...
Aug 07, 2014 08:14PM
The official mission of Peace Corps is to “promote world peace and friendship.” Call me an idealist, but I love this. I love that this is my...
Jun 30, 2014 05:10PM
We recently had our second to last school break, and I decided to take a little vacation to neighboring Rwanda with two of my friends. We to...
May 31, 2014 01:05PM
Dusty storage closet filled with books, no more! Nearly a year ago, I began the process of applying for a US AID literacy grant, and thanks ...
Apr 29, 2014 06:54PM
As you might have gathered, you spend a lot of time alone in Peace Corps, with little to occupy you except your own thoughts. Sometimes, for...
Jan 07, 2014 04:16PM
by Taylor DempseyAccording to Peace Corps, HIV/AIDS work has been falling off in East Africa. No one’s quite sure why, but we think it has s...
Dec 05, 2013 05:42PM
Schools operate on trimesters here, so there are three separate month long holidays throughout the year. In May, that break meant escaping t...