Appreciation
It’s so humorous to me how here I find myself sweating miserably throughout the entirety of Monday, and then on Tuesday I wear my winter jacket to work. I think the weather is a reflection of the mood changes I experience quite often in Botswana. Never is it simply comfortable: it’s either truly extremely hot or drastically, freezing cold…and the two happen within days of one another. Last week I spent the majority of my time with the new intake of volunteers. I gave a presentation with the King’s Foundation on Friday afternoon; and let me tell you: it was much needed. When we arrived to the academy where they were training, morale was extremely low. People had been walking out of meetings and begrudgingly conversing about the Ministry of Education. Since I had not yet met many of the new volunteers, I felt like it would be a great time to give off a good impression. We arranged for the group to assemble underneath a grass hut (to seek shelter from the hot, after