PHOTOS!

Below are some recent photos from miscellaneous events and activities:

(SORRY for the incorrect orientation of some of the photos!!)

First, here are some of my “friends” - students who come and visit me regularly to color, draw, do arts and crafts, or to “play shop” with my recycling! They are pretty awesome!

The guys with the glasses are pretty amazing, as you can see. They came over looking for supplies to create their own glasses (or “specs” as they are called here). I was a bit worried because none of us had scissors or glue. But I gave them some old boxes and plastic bags and they used their creativity to make the “specs” and the result was this very cool look! I am pretty proud to know such cool kids! ;)

And more cute kids! My friend’s recently had a birthday party for her cousin, and here is a photo of the adorable kids waiting for the birthday cake(s).

The party was in northern Namibia, in Rundu. Below is a photo of the Kavango river there:

Next are some photos of students at their “Entrepreneurship Day” event. The day is meant to foster entrepreneurship and teach the students the basics of operating their own business. Our entrepreneurship teacher manages the event.

We also recently enjoyed another visit from OYO (Ombesha Yahinga) – a dance and theatre troupe focused on stopping the spread of HIV and AIDS within Namibia. Their philosophy is that it is easier to reach Namibian youth via music and dance than by preaching. And the kids really enjoyed the performance.

This is a random series of photos, but another event I was involved with recently was preparing for the new group of Peace Corps volunteers who just arrived in Namibia. I was in Okahandja at the training for this, and we stayed at a conference center with the following mural and garden:

In less interesting news, there has been what we will call a plumbing issue outside my house. But in the Peace Corps, we learn resilience and to see the positive in everything. So the upshot of this is that it is attracting a lot of animals, like these cows!

Finally, our group “COSed” (Peace Corps talk for “close of service”) recently. This means that we had our week-long conference focused on preparing us for the transition back to the U.S. and concluding our service here in Namibia. We began as 35; only 23 of us remain. Below are group and individual photos from the event:

I will close with a pic of sunrise over our school, and of the Namibian sky ~