May 19, 2018
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A Minha Familia
I wanted to dedicate a blog post to my homestay family and the family dynamic because it’s so interesting in comparison to the United States. Here in Namaacha, I live with a minha mãe (my mom), o meu pai (my dad), a minha tia (my aunt), e os meus 3 irmãos (and 3 brothers). I’m not sure how old my parents are, but my aunt is 14, one of my brothers is 10, and my other two brothers are 3 year-old twins. My aunt does almost all of the household chores. She sweeps, washes the floors, does the laundry, cooks, prepares the water for everyone’s baths, gives my twin brothers baths, and helps me with my TPC. Did I mention that she also goes to school? I have never seen someone work as hard as she does. My mom also cooks, does the laundry, and takes care of my toddler brothers, but my aunt does it the bulk of the time. My dad also helps cook sometimes, but most of his time at home is spent watching television. It’s interesting to see a family dynamic where the person who seemingly holds the house together is one of the youth. I also have no idea what my parents do all day, where they work, if they do work. Most of the locals have said that they think Namaacha to be very modern, so it’d be interesting to see the dynamic in other villages.
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PST: Phase 1
Phase 1 of Pre-Service Training is coming to an end. I guess I can explain how the three phases during PST work. So Phase 1 is from the beginning of PST through week 6. During this time, all trainees live in Namaacha (a mountain village on the border of Swaziland) with homestay families. We are kept busy with various classes throughout the day. Monday-Saturday, our classes run from 7:30 AM – 5:00 PM with a 1 ½ hour break where we return home for lunch. Sundays are our days to spend time with our families to help us integrate into the community. During Phase 2, we will all be sent to our permanent sites for three weeks and will live with host families. Phase 2 will help us to get introduced to our community and allow us to start thinking about the work we can do. For Phase 3, we will return to Namaacha and our homestay families for four weeks. During this time, we will have many more classes to get us prepared for our service. Some of the classes during this phase will also be dedicated to teaching us the local language our community uses.
Anyways, back to talking about my time in Namaacha during Phase 1. It’s been great here, I really love it. It can actually be pretty exhausting though. My normal day is as follows:
Wake up at 6:20, take a bath, get dressed, eat breakfast, walk to school.
Class from 7:30-12:00, walk home, eat lunch, walk back to school.
Class again from 1:30-5:00, workout with other volunteers (usually Insanity videos), walk home, take a bath, eat supper (usually at 7:00 every night), sit in the living room and do my TPC (homework) while my family watches telenovellas, watch with them when done with my TPC, go to bed around 9:00, depending on my level of exhaustion.
The best part so far, is definitely the beautiful views. I have yet to find a single spot in Namaacha where you can’t get a gorgeous view by simply doing a 360. I’m also glad that I love to hike, because there is an abundance of opportunities for that here. A couple weeks ago, a bunch of volunteers went to the tri-border of Mozambique/Swaziland/South Africa. The views from that mountain top were insane. The hardest part so far has been the language barrier. I definitely am struggling to learn Portuguese, which can be hard on me since my homestay family doesn’t speak any English. I’ll get through it though. Phase 1 has come and gone, and now I’m ready to really tackle what I came here to do.
Top left: moments before we received site placements (photo thanks to Katy Storch) Top right: Saying goodbye after swearing in (photo thanks to Hannah Fagerbakke) Middle left: Goofing around Namaacha after class (photo thanks to Annie Duncan) Middle Right: Hike up to the Triple Boarder between Mozambique, Swaziland, and South Africa at sunrise in the fog. Bottom left: Triple boarder during the day Bottom right: Four of us in our swearing-in finery
Welcome to Mozambique!
Finally got into Mozambique a few days ago! That flight was hella long, but definitely worth it. So far, we’ve been treated pretty well. We stayed in a hotel in Philadelphia, and we’re staying in while we’re here in Maputo for a couple nights. The first day was pretty rough due to jet lag. Everyone crashed at about 8 or 9. Yesterday we had some sessions throughout the morning and then we got some more shots and our malaria medication. I picked the one that gives you hallucinations and vivid dreams, cause that sounds like fun! But apparently those are mild side affects and not everyone gets them. Last night, at our hotel, a random guy came up to us and said that he was a RPCV! He served in Congo and told us a couple of fun stories about his experiences. He also then bought us a couple rounds of drinks! Plus, it was a fellow Trainee’s birthday, so we made sure she had a fun night hanging out with everyone. Today, I have my interview with the country director (which helps determine site placement) and then we’re off to Namaacha, a mountain village where we’ll have training for the next few weeks. During the past few months, people have been asking me if I was nervous at all for this experience and each time I’d be like, “Hell no, I’m super stoked!” But now, I’m EXTREMELY nervous about meeting my host family and living with them from now on. At the beginning of this post I said that we’ve been treated pretty well, and we have, because we’ve all been staying in the same hotel together, and it’s been easy to hang out. Now we’re all getting separated and it’s so intimidating! But I know it’s not going to be too bad, so I should really start relaxing. Until next time!