Last Wednesday, December 1st, was World AIDS Day. As with all holidays in Mozambique, people gather at the town monument in the morning for a ceremony.
My name is Scooter Anata Walsh and I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mozambique from '09-'12. I arrived in September '09 as a chemistry teacher in the education sector. I taught 8th grade math my first year and 11th grade English my second year, and facilitated multiple youth development groups. During my second year I was also the National Financial Director of REDES, a girls' empowerment group. During my third year extension (2012) I was the Malaria Activities Coordinator for Peace Corps in Mozambique, as part of the Peace Corps initiative Stomping Out Malaria in Africa. From January-April 2013 I will be working in Swaziland.
the trend where you paint one nail a different color than the other fingers
Instagram
call me maybe
tiger moms
the whatshouldwecallme phenomenon
the "hey girl" phenomenon
groupon and rue la la
the greek yogurt craze
gel manicures
the weird barcode thing in magazines that your smartphone can read
swagsurf
4G and Android ( i dont actually know what either of these mean)
Muammar Gaddafi and Osama bin Ladin were alive
Facebook "checking in"
Oprah was still on tv
the ipad, ipad2, and ipad3
neon clothing
Maroon 5 is back?
jeggings
multi-trillion dollar deficit
AA credit rating
where you can @someone on Facebook
the Democrats had a majority in congress
the Washington Monument wasn't cracked
B.o.B, Taio Cruz, Mike Posner
planking
over-the-knee boots
the new design on the back of the penny
Icing (or something, with Smirnof)
flash mobs
The Jersey Shore
Nicki Minaj
the Tea Party movement
Glee
Justin Bieber
Stomping Out Malaria in Africa
The Stomping Out Malaria in Africa initiative is a new partnership between Peace Corps and the President's Malaria Initiative (PMI). Currently 23 countries are part of this continent-wide concerted effort to stomp out malaria!
Check out the following sites to follow malaria prevention activities going on across Africa and in Mozambique:
www.stompoutmalaria.org
www.stompoutmalaria.org/mozambique/
www.stompoutmalaria.tumblr.com
www.stompoutmalaria-mozambique.tumblr.com
www.facebook.com/StompOutMalaria
Friends of Inharrime
This is the website to support the mission where I lived and worked during my first two years:
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