Ben Guest’s Blog Vox 2008-05-02T21:05:12Z Mississippi Teacher Corps http://mtc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c22523f3adf219/tags/namibia/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... Hike tag:vox.com,2008-05-02:asset-6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d12f0800001 2008-05-02T21:05:12Z 2008-05-02T21:05:12Z Mississippi Teacher Corps http://mtc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Hiking Tree

After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo (that I grabbed from the internet) of the hike point (as in hitchhike) for Engela, where I lived and taught during my first year. People wait in the shade of the tree ...

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Hafeni

After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. This is Hafeni, my "homestay brother" in Engela. Hafeni means "Happiness" in Oshikwanyama, which is also the name I was given by the language instructors during the initial Peace Corps...

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Classroom

After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo of my classroom is Tses:

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Namiba

Official site here. Review here.

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]]> Namibia tag:vox.com,2008-04-05:asset-6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceba4470003 2008-04-05T19:00:53Z 2008-04-05T19:00:53Z Mississippi Teacher Corps http://mtc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Here is a Google Map of my time in Namibia:

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Sunset

After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo of me in my second year outside of my house while the sun is setting. The dormant volcano Brukkaros is visible in the background:

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8th Grade English

After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo of me in my second year teaching 8th grade English:

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The Veldt

After college I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. Here is a photo of me in my first year kneeling in the veldt:

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Tses

This was the view outside my front door when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia.

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]]> Photo of the Week tag:vox.com,2007-04-25:asset-6a00c22523f3adf21900d4142c446f685e 2007-04-05T20:39:00Z 2007-04-25T15:46:11Z Mississippi Teacher Corps http://mtc.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Boy standing outside his house in Tses, Namibia. I served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia from 1998 to 2000.

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