(can you tell I'm a bit excited??)
Hello all! I have so so so much to tell you….
But currently, I am in the thick of doing a million things
at the same time. Good things. Which, I will update you on…and hopefully sooner
than later :)
My reason for writing this particular post is just one of
the many reasons why I stayed here in Namibia, in the Peace Corps, for a third
year. First, I’d like to say that I LOVE my new site, and all that is happening
there! Promise, my next post will be about that (we just had a wonderful school
holiday camp with the kids – pictures and stories to follow).
But this post is about what I had been doing during my first
2 years here – up in the north, in the village. I have so so much to explain to
you, and more details will come when I get everything in order – which includes
a grant – which, if you so incline to do so, may send in a donation. Until I
get all the necessary documents, blah, blah, blah in order, I want to let you
know of this great opportunity for some of you Americans! (I guess maybe
someone other than an American could come as well – I just hadn’t thought of
that possibility! But if you’re interested, let me know!)
Anywho – this coming December 31, 2015, a group of college
students will be arriving in Namibia, and on January 1, 2016, we will be
driving up to my village in the north, and alongside Courts For Kids (check
them out!!) we will be helping the locals build a basketball/volleyball/netball
court!! We will be pouring cement for about 4 days, learning about each other’s
culture, and then the group will continue on to Etosha Park for 2 nights of
camping and game drives. For so so many reasons the village need this – but mainly,
there is a high teen pregnancy rate, HIV/AIDS, TB, alcohol abuse, and very
limited safe places, activities and entertainment for the children, youth and
adults of the community. Courts For Kids has some open spots still available!!
This would be for those who are of college age (although if some of you are out
of college already, and have an interest, let me know and I can see what we can
do!).
Now, the commitment to come, along with a deposit, are due
September 18. I know it’s just around the corner, but I thought I would help
out Courts For Kids and get these spots filled! If any of you are interested,
please contact me, or Selene Nesland (selene@courtsforkids.org).
I’m so excited to be collaborating with Courts For Kids, and helping my
village!! Plus, I get to show it off to you…. Oh, and you get to visit me :)
Below is something that Selene wrote, with a little more
info, which I wanted to pass along…
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