Para-marooned

It’s day four of my move-in experience, I fear there are no other survivors. Soon I will be the only one left. So, the Peace Corps has three work-stations (basically houses with internet) in the north of the country for volunteers far away from Cotonou. This way they have somewhere Read more…

The Depart

My time in Porto-Novo is drawing to a close, and starting this week my work as a “real” volunteer will start. On Sunday I will be going up to Parakou, where I will stay for a few days to make some purchases I will not be able to make in Read more…

Summer School

Last week marks the start of my teaching experience. After one week of teaching Beninese summer school these are the three things I’ve learned: I don’t mind teaching; I hate lesson planning; I really hate kids. Long story short, it’s really hard to control a class of 40 Beninese 11-15 Read more…