Life as a Peace Corps volunteer challenges a lot of notions we have about how life should be. One example: my best friend in Moldova for the past two years? She just turned 8 yesterday. A lot of other volunteers' best friends in Moldova are also much younger or much older. In a lot of … Continue reading Best Friends
Each spring, a week or so before Easter, the students at my school are responsible for cleaning up outside around the school and around the village. Each grade level is assigned one part of town (for example, the soccer field, around the school, the cemetery, the location of a monument, etc.) and spend the afternoon … Continue reading Cleaning Day
Although Women's Day is an international holiday, it isn't celebrated much in the United States. In the former Soviet states, however, it is a huge holiday. Here in Moldova, there is no school and most businesses are closed. There are celebrations the day before at schools and other places of work, and on March 8th, … Continue reading March 8th, International Women’s Day
Each year on the anniversary of the foundation of Peace Corps, Peace Corps volunteers, communities, and returned Peace Corps volunteers celebrate the Peace Corps. Peace Corps was founded on March 1, 1961 by President John F. Kennedy. Since then, over 220,000 volunteers have served in 140 countries. Each year, Peace Corps Week celebrates the work, … Continue reading Peace Corps Week Celebrations
Two weeks ago, I was invited by one of my partner teachers to go to her daughter's 1st grade class's 100 Days Celebration. Each year, the 1st grade classes celebrate the first 100 days of school with a big performance and party. They dressed up and each girl wore a big yellow bow in her … Continue reading 100 Zile | 100 Days Celebration
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