http://mtc.vox.com/library/posts/tags/peace+corps/page/1/ Ben Guest, Program Manager of the Mississippi Teacher Corps, Returned Peace Corps Volunteer from Namibia, and Amherst College graduate... en Vox Fri, 02 May 2008 14:05:12 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss peace corps http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/hike.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/hike.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/hike.html?_c=feed-rss-full Fri, 02 May 2008 14:05:12 -0700 <p>After&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.00000112cadfaa2d1de2f&amp;z=13" style="text-decoration: underline; ">college</a>&#160;I&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-2.811371,43.945313&amp;spn=147.019257,360&amp;z=2" style="text-decoration: underline; ">served</a>&#160;as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. &#160;Here is a photo (that I grabbed from the internet) of the hike point (as in hitchhike) for Engela, where I lived and&#160;taught&#160;during my first year. &#160;People wait in the shade of the tree on the right for cars to come along. &#160;Sometimes you wait five minutes, sometimes you wait three hours...<div><br /></div><div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d12f0650001" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d12f0650001.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d12f0650001-500pi" alt="The Hiking Tree" title="The Hiking Tree" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d12f0650001.html" title="The Hiking Tree">The Hiking Tree</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/hike.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d12f0800001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> peace corps namibia engela http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/hafeni.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/hafeni.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/hafeni.html?_c=feed-rss-full Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:10:44 -0700 <p>After&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.00000112cadfaa2d1de2f&amp;z=13" style="text-decoration: underline; ">college</a>&#160;I&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-2.811371,43.945313&amp;spn=147.019257,360&amp;z=2" style="text-decoration: underline; ">served</a>&#160;as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. &#160;This is Hafeni, my &quot;homestay brother&quot; in <a href="http://www.klausdierks.com/images/Namibia.Owambo.Ohangwena.D3609_2.jpg">Engela</a>. Hafeni means &quot;Happiness&quot; in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuanyama_language">Oshikwanyama</a>, which is also the name I was given by the&#160;language&#160;instructors during the initial Peace Corps training.<div><br /></div><div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cef25ee0003" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cef25ee0003.html"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cef25ee0003-500pi" alt="Hafeni" title="Hafeni" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cef25ee0003.html" title="Hafeni">Hafeni</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/hafeni.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cef260d0003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> peace corps namibia hafeni http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/nambia.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/nambia.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/nambia.html?_c=feed-rss-full Tue, 08 Apr 2008 10:44:16 -0700 <p>After&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.00000112cadfaa2d1de2f&amp;z=13" style="text-decoration: underline; ">college</a>&#160;I&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-2.811371,43.945313&amp;spn=147.019257,360&amp;z=2" style="text-decoration: underline; ">served</a>&#160;as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. &#160;Here is a photo of my classroom is <a href="http://www.amt.canberra.edu.au/arch1999hawkinsnamibia.html">Tses</a>: <div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder" /></div><div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceca4f00003" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceca4f00003.html"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceca4f00003-500pi" alt="Classroom" title="Classroom" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceca4f00003.html" title="Classroom">Classroom</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/nambia.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cec960a0002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> peace corps namibia http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/namibia-the-movie.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/namibia-the-movie.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/namibia-the-movie.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:14:00 -0700 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0b133c0001" at:format="large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-large video-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item video-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0b133c0001.html"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0b133c0001-320pi" alt="Namiba" title="Namiba" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/video/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0b133c0001.html" title="Namiba">Namiba</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div><br /></div><div>Official site <a href="http://www.namibiathemovie.com/HOME.html">here</a>. &#160;Review <a href="http://mattzollerseitz.blogspot.com/2008/04/independence-day-charles-burnetts.html">here</a>.</div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/namibia-the-movie.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48cec698d0003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> peace corps namibia http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/namibia.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/namibia.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/namibia.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:00:53 -0700 <p><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-27.994401,48.515625&amp;spn=89.568761,192.65625&amp;z=3">Here</a> is a Google Map of my time in Namibia:<div><br /></div><div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceb93620002" at:format="auto" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-auto embed-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="width: 425px;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item embed-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-embed"> <iframe class="enclosure-iframe" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" src="http://a2.vox-data.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceb93620002-html" style="width: 425px; height: 350px;"></iframe> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name">Map of Namibia</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/namibia.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceba4470003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> peace corps namibia http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/sunset.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/sunset.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/sunset.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:59:05 -0700 <p>After&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.00000112cadfaa2d1de2f&amp;z=13" style="text-decoration: underline; ">college</a>&#160;I&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-2.811371,43.945313&amp;spn=147.019257,360&amp;z=2" style="text-decoration: underline; ">served</a>&#160;as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. &#160;Here is a photo of me in my second year outside of my <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-25.888869,18.124357&amp;spn=0.00304,0.005879&amp;z=18&amp;iwloc=000001128af35a967851a">house</a> while the sun is setting. &#160;The dormant volcano <a href="http://www.met.gov.na/programmes/biodiversity/images/Brukkaros.jpg">Brukkaros</a> is visible in the background:<div><br /></div><div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceb90910002" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceb90910002.html"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceb90910002-500pi" alt="Sunset" title="Sunset" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceb90910002.html" title="Sunset">Sunset</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/sunset.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4e010001?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> peace corps namibia http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/8th-grade.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/8th-grade.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/8th-grade.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:54:43 -0700 <p>After&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.00000112cadfaa2d1de2f&amp;z=13" style="text-decoration: underline; ">college</a>&#160;I&#160;<a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-2.811371,43.945313&amp;spn=147.019257,360&amp;z=2" style="text-decoration: underline; ">served</a>&#160;as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. &#160;Here is a photo of me in my second year teaching 8th grade English:<div><br /></div><div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4b3d0001" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4b3d0001.html"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4b3d0001-500pi" alt="8th Grade English" title="8th Grade English" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4b3d0001.html" title="8th Grade English">8th Grade English</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/8th-grade.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceba3e50003?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> peace corps namibia http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/the-veldt.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/the-veldt.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/the-veldt.html?_c=feed-rss-full Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:53:27 -0700 <p>After <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.00000112cadfaa2d1de2f&amp;z=13">college</a> I <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;t=k&amp;om=1&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-2.811371,43.945313&amp;spn=147.019257,360&amp;z=2">served</a> as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia. &#160;Here is a photo of me in my first year kneeling in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veld">veldt</a>:<div><br /></div><div> <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4b3a0001" at:format="extra-large" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-extra-large photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4b3a0001.html"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4b3a0001-500pi" alt="The Veldt" title="The Veldt" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48d0a4b3a0001.html" title="The Veldt">The Veldt</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> </div><div><br /></div></p> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/the-veldt.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900f48ceb93160002?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> peace corps namibia http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/tses-namibia.html?_c=feed-rss-full nobody@vox.com(Ben Guest) http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/tses-namibia.html?_c=feed-rss-full http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/tses-namibia.html?_c=feed-rss-full Mon, 14 May 2007 14:22:43 -0700 <div at:enclosure="asset" at:xid="6a00c22523f3adf21900d41436e9d93c7f" at:format="medium" at:align="center" class="enclosure enclosure-center enclosure-medium photo-enclosure" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="enclosure-inner" style="padding: 9px; border: 1px solid; width: px; margin: 10px auto;" > <div class="enclosure-list"> <div class="enclosure-item photo-asset last"> <div class="enclosure-image"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41436e9d93c7f.html"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41436e9d93c7f-200pi" alt="Tses" title="Tses" /></a> </div> <div class="enclosure-meta"> <div class="enclosure-asset-name"><a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/photo/6a00c22523f3adf21900d41436e9d93c7f.html" title="Tses">Tses</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div><!-- end enclosure --> <div>This was the view outside my <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&amp;hl=en&amp;msa=0&amp;msid=100563674862938792904.000001128ae226f0ba31f&amp;ll=-25.888787,18.123896&amp;spn=0.003735,0.007151&amp;t=k&amp;z=18&amp;om=1">front door </a>when I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Namibia.<br /></div> <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://mtc.vox.com/library/post/tses-namibia.html?_c=feed-rss-full#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00c22523f3adf21900d4143170a8685e?_c=feed-rss-full">Send to a friend</a> </p> sunset peace corps namibia tses