Tag Archives: PCVs

Retrained: Revisiting PST

As I mentioned before, I’d been invited to PST to teach a couple classes in government schools for the new group (N/196) to observe. But observe what? The new group has lots of energy and interest in their jobs.
This could go without saying, but some groups are more casual about work. Yes, we’re volunteers for [...]

Vacation Annapurna, part 1

Days 1–3, Narayanghat to Pokhara
Our vacation really began at around 4:00 AM in Narayanghat on Sunday, October 6 (Day 1). It was our last day I the Terai before we escaped to the crisp air and mountain views of Pokhara and its beautiful (we had been told so) Fewa Lake. But the Terai is a [...]

Mental health days

It had been a rough couple of weeks. I had the misfortune of being in the first group of volunteers to leave Narayanghat the day after swearing in. We were to leave early, by 6 o’clock.
We were the volunteers to the southeast, just three hours away: Jane-Erie, also going to Birganj; Patty, a forestry instructor [...]