Saturday, August 18, 2007

I'm going to Namibia

Yup. For the Peace Corps. It's that country on the west coast of Africa, just northwest of South Africa. Angola's to the north, and Botswana's to the east.

If you want to know more, the Wikipedia article is great, but here are some fun facts:

  • Namibia is the 2nd least densely populated country in the world, after Mongolia. It is about twice the size of California, but only has a population of about 2 million.
  • Most Namibians are Christians, and most of them are Lutherans! I'll fit right in.
  • Namibia has a diverse ecology, with the south being mostly desert, a central plateau, and forests and grazelands in the north.
  • Besides native languages, many Namibians also speak German, and Afrikaans.
As for what I'll be doing, it should be something along the lines of teaching computer literacy in the 6th - 12th grades. I'm sure other things will follow (if retired Peace Corps volunteer stories are any indication), but that's the job description for now.

Edit - oh yeah, I leave October 29th so, still got some time in the states.

5 comments:

Lisa Wang said...

cool! congrats chris, definitely post lots of pictures and keep everyone upated :)

Thea said...

Hi Chris,

I happened upon your blog when looking at other PC blogs for Namibia. I recently received an invitation to serve in Namibia, so I guess we'll meet during staging! I'll be doing public health and HIV/AIDS education.

~Thea

Jill N said...

Hey Chris

I'm in your group too! (But working in community health). Looks like I'll be seeing you on the 29th! Good luck with wrapping things up and preparing for the adventure!!!

Rashid said...

I'm in your group too! And as a bonus, we're both teaching computer science, neat. Apparently we've got a pretty big group, 65-75 of us. Looking forward to meeting you, and everyone else.

Anonymous said...

Chris,
Dave believed (mistakenly) I was still on vacation yesterday during your lunch-time Cyber-visit, so I'm left wondering which half of my sf list you've gone through by now and what you thought of them! You can write me at the usual address.

Regards & bon voyage,
jMS