Well, I am now coming on my third week in Namibia. It has been great so far! I have met a lot of wonderful people from the US, Canada and Australia also volunteering this year with World Teach. The past two weeks have been full of learning about teaching methodologies and our new home in Namibia! At times it felt like an information overload between learning about writing lesson plans and learning a new language, but it was all so interesting to learn!

The last week we were in a town called Ongwediva in the north central part of the country doing a practicum at a school there. Students from the area volunteered to come to class for 2 hours for four days as we practiced the teaching skills we had acquired. It was really useful to get this practice with a partner before going out by ourselves into our own classrooms in the various parts of the country!

After  our week of teaching, we were able to drive through Etosha National Park. We were luckily enough to spot the rare leopard along with several other animals! It was quite the adventure. I was excited to see a few giraffes this time!

I am now getting ready to depart for my site in the northeastern region of Kavango on Thursday. I am the only volunteer from World Teach headed to this region. I am very excited to be headed to my site, but also very nervous! I will try to keep new updates and post as this new part of my adventure begins!