Well I have been back in Malawi for a full week now, and I am finally getting back into the rhythms of life in Africa. Here we wake up with the sun, and the noises of animals alerting us it's time to start the day (crows are the most annoying alarm clock). The Temwa staff then slowly trickles into the office around 8 and take turns boiling water for tea and stepping into my front office to greet me good morning. 'mawuka uli' (how did you wake). Then we all get ...

I was just looking at my last entry- June 27, 2011- and thinking how so much has changed since then...Two days after I wrote those words I lost my father, Three months later I moved to Philadelphia to spend a year living with my college roommate and serving as an AmeriCorps Volunteer, A year later I moved to Portland Oregon (partially following fellow RPCVS partially needing a complete change of scenery to maintain sanity) and began pursuing a Masters in Applied ...

The Western Cape:After three years i have found myself once again in the lovely and confusing city of Cape Town. I forgot so much over the years that it was indeed a shock to have it all put before me again. The beauty put into contrast with the stark and way too obvious economic gap somehow managed to take me off guard. To begin with, it is one of the most gorgeous places i have ever seen. The biodiversity is unmatched in most of the world and with that there i...

So i have left Malawi via bus and traveled to a similar but very different landscape. Zambia, while so close is just as different as if i have gone to another continent yet has pieces which remind me of my home of the last two years. Similarities: i can still get by with chitumbuka, women are wrapped in the classic chitenje wraps, there is sima in every small market (only pronounced differently), villages and cities are stark opposites and apparently neive to the...

Description of Peace Corps Volunteer Service PCV: Bonnie Harvey Peace Corps Malawi After a competitive selection process stressing the applicant’s skills, adaptability, and cross-cultural sensitivity Bonnie Harvey was invited into Peace Corps service. She accepted an assignment to serve in the Southern African nation of Malawi as an HIV/AIDS Community Advisor. Bonnie Harvey entered an intensive eight-week training program on May 29, 2009. Training incl...