 "I'm
in my backyard working on planting a garden at Dowa Secondary School
in Mponela, Malawi. I have a Malawian made khasu (hoe) that I used
to form the bed. In my hand are the packet of tomato seeds that
I received in the mail from my parents back stateside. There is
a crop of my neighbor's maize behind me. Maize is the staple food
of Malawi. People there turn maize flour into phala (porridge) for
breakfast and nsima (corn meal mush) for lunch and dinner. Even
full-time secondary school teachers, like my neighbors, will cultivate
many fields of maize every year to feed their families. [This photo]
was taken in 1997."
-Adam Michaelides |
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 Before
Peace Corps service, volunteers receive three months of training,
typically in the country of service. The three main components of
the training are language, cultural, and technical skills. Most Peace
Corps training take place in-country and usually involve home-stays
with host country families. In the photo, Youth Development PCVs Doug,
Ellen and Courtney learn Nepal script and basic conversational vocabulary.
By the end of the three-month training they had adequate language
to get around and interact in work situations. By the completion of
three years of service they were all fluent or near fluent. |
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See also:
www.peacecorps.gov