Prior to the COVID-19 evacuation in 2020, Adam and I were approved for extending a third year in the community with a focus on working with the local women's group and creating instructional videos in local language. Alas, we all know what happened in March 2020. There are no words to describe how difficult it … Continue reading Peace Corps Zambia: Women’s Group Chicken and Egg Project
Hello! If you are new here, I began my Peace Corps service with the Rural Aquaculture Promotion project in 2018 and was evacuated due to COVID-19 in 2020. My partner, Adam, and I were lucky enough to be reinstated back to our community in 2022. So we went through the packing process all over again … Continue reading Peace Corps Zambia: Packing List Updated 2023
Before the COVID-19 evacuation, pre-service training took place in a village setting where trainees live with host families to learn local language, customs, and daily living. It's where I learned how to sweep the yard dirt, gut a fish, harvest groundnuts, etc. Our lovely host family for three months of pre-service training Since Peace Corps … Continue reading Peace Corps Zambia: How to Light a Brazier
Cooking elaborate meals from scratch became a hobby of mine during Peace Corps service. Here is a video about the long process of making chickpea wraps!
On March 15, 2020, Peace Corps director, Jody Olsen, posted an open letter announcing that due to the pandemic, all Peace Corps activity will be suspended worldwide. For the first time in the organization's 59 years, all 7,300 volunteers are being evacuated. Adam and I had to suddenly pack up and leave our home, our job, and our communities after two years.
I've been recording one-second video clips every day since 2014. This has been a great way to preserve those memories from all of our travels. I highly recommend the 1 Second Everyday app to do the same! You will enjoy looking back at those videos. There is something beautiful to capture every single day, no … Continue reading One Second Every Day – October 2019 – Peace Corps Zambia
I've been recording one-second video clips every day since 2014. This has been a great way to preserve those memories from all of our travels. I highly recommend the 1 Second Everyday app to do the same! You will enjoy looking back at those videos. There is something beautiful to capture every single day, no … Continue reading One Second Every Day – September 2019 – Peace Corps Zambia
I've been recording one-second video clips every day since 2014. This has been a great way to preserve those memories from all of our travels. I highly recommend the 1 Second Everyday app to do the same! You will enjoy looking back at those videos. There is something beautiful to capture every single day, no … Continue reading One Second Every Day – August 2019 – Peace Corps Zambia
Most people cross from Zambia into Malawi and vice versa via Chipata/Mchiinji. The roads are well paved, making it a highly traveled road a simple journey. However, we started from Kasama in Northern Zambia, meaning it would take us 24 hours of transport to reach Malawi. Plus I wanted to start in Northern Malawi and work our way down. There wasn't much information online on how to cross the Nakonde/Chitipa border, so I thought a write-up would be helpful for travelers.
Upon first meeting me, people can easily conclude from my features that my ethnicity is Asian. I have thick black hair, small monolid eyes, and a flat nose. My 23 and Me DNA test came back as 99% East Asian, which didn't drop anybody's jaws as a surprise. But for the first twenty or so … Continue reading Being a Korean American Adoptee in the Peace Corps (Zambia)
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