Today I officially left Namaacha
and came to Maputo to begin my COS (Close of Service) process. On Friday, after
three whole years, I will officially become a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (RPCV—some
people call it “Recovering” Peace Corps Volunteer). And I think the timing is
perfect. I’m not too jaded, I don’t hate Mozambique and I wasn’t itching to
leave. At the same time I am 100% happy about leaving (okay, maybe 99%. I am
sad to leave Baby Anata). Yesterday I had no mixed feelings as I walked away
from my house and neighborhood children calling out to me, nor when I boarded
my chapa. I was purely excited—excited to close this amazing chapter of my
life, excited to go back to the states and see all the people I miss dearly,
excited for all the fantastic things America offers (so basically food), and
excited to move on to the next step in my life!
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About Me
- Scooter
- 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.
things that didn't exist when i left America
- Gangnam style
- McKayla is not impressed
- S--t girls say
- Peplum
- YOLO
- Fifty Shades
- Kombucha
- guys wear tank tops now?
- tribal prints?
- the trend where you paint one nail a different color than the other fingers
- 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!
www.facebook.com/StompOutMalaria
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
Friends of Inharrime
This is the website to support the mission where I lived and worked during my first two years:
www.friendsofinharrime.org
www.friendsofinharrime.org
REDES has a Blog and is on Flickr and Facebook!
Half The Sky
Go buy the book "Half the Sky" and read it. Immediately.
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The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. government or the Peace Corps.
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