Mexican in Mozambique

Mozambique: From Marxism to market

A year. It’s been over a year since I left home…. Over a year since I’ve seen my family. Since I’ve hugged my Mom, my brother, or my nephew…. It’s crazy to think that I’ve been in Africa (Mozambique, specifically) for a year now. This is the longest that I’ve ever been away from home and the longest time I’ve lived alone (10 months & counting!). I may not be a ‘perfect volunteer’ (what we call volunteers that just seem to be doing everything right- projects, integration, local dialect, etc.), and truthfully… this experience so far has taught me more lessons from failures than from successes. Working here is hard. It’s hard for reason you can’t control. We come form a society and a culture in which we are use to being on control. We stem form an ideology that values self-determination and independence… We believe that we control the outcomes of our future though our own hard work and perseverance. We believe in punctuality and value good communication skills....

May 31st marked my one year in-country anniversary. Ironically, I celebrated One Year in Mozambique outside of Mozambique. A few days prior, I started traveling down south to attend Bushfire, Swaziland's internationally acclaimed 3-day music & arts festival. The route: Chimoio to Mapinhane Mapinhane to Inhambane  On the way down, we stopped in Inhambane city and had some drinks by the bay as the sun set with Adela Inhambane to Maputo Maputo to Malkerns, Swazi Joanna and I at the Namaacha/Swazi border! Thomas, Adela, me, Alden A little taste of some of the acts: Pictures: Friday Night 18ers <3 Saturday Traditional Dances new travel bud Group picture Group picture Take 2 w/ Linda, Thomas & "Italian" Dario good ol' southerners Sunday, day 3 Writings On the Wall Peace "VSO" Corps I also c...

Whoooooo!! The malaria activity that I carried out with the OVCs from Lemusica in April got featured on the Stomping Out Malaria in Africa page!! Check it out !