Halloween is almost here, and it is not something people here celebrate or care very much about. There are plenty of other holidays! The Peacecorps three goals have inspired us, however. The first, is to help the community you are in. The second is to spread understanding of American culture, and the third is something …
Author Archives: Sasha Wallace
Mothers day- Anakubala!
Monday was one of the days that makes teaching worth it, the students seem to finally be making way in understanding bonds. Ryan attempted to hear and then teach all of the rules of conjugating English verbs. There are a lot and they are very confusing. There was study circle, which Sasha had to stick …
Fourth week of Class
Each week at the beginning of the day a different teacher runs announcements, preaching, and prayer. We stand in a line on a small wall and the students stand in four lines by their class, and are chastised for being late as tardy teachers sneak by behind them. We had hoped they had forgotten about …
God Bless the Rains Down in Africa
This week started out very hot; we made liberal use of our spray bottle, hoped for a breeze and drank as much water as we could. We even brought the spray bottle in, to the amusement of other teachers. We forgot to bring a deck of cards and have been searching for some since we …
Second Week of School
Our school week began Tuesday afternoon due to the ferry schedule, so it has been a quick week. Sasha dusted off (literally) an old microscope that no one could get to work, and with the help of the physics teacher managed to focus into seeing the surface of a leaf. We need a better way …
Mzuzu (The Big City)
Before we begin this story, we would like to let everyone know that the search for the ground coffee was successful, and we (even Ryan) is now sipping some very good local Chipunga coffee on the front porch. The sun is still low, there are some nice cool breezes drifting by, and life is good. …
First Week of School
Time for Chemistry Class. We write our own lesson plans with a syllabus and two textbooks for Chemistry, and for English, Math, and Life skills Ryan has textbooks and one syllabus. English is an extra stressful case because as long as students pass 6 classes they can pass to the next grade, but one of …
Now we write this sitting on a picturesque lakeside bungalow while monkeys play in the trees and lizards the size of my forearm sunbathe nearby. The lake here really looks just like a calm ocean and is a beautiful tropical clear blue, it takes up most of the horizon. Yesterday was a 5 hour taxi …
First Day in Malawi
After 36 hours travel time, 20 hours in the air, 5 airports, 4 flights, 3 planes, 2 tired passengers and 1 taxi later we arrived in Lilongwe, Malawi. We started our journey with heartbreak when the Sydney airport decided our battery was too big to fly. We went all the way up the totem pole …
Ticket to Anywhere 