
Welcome to my online journal. This journal is a venue for my views and mine alone and are in no way meant to reflect on the the Peace Corps or its philosophy. I only hope to bear witness to the pandemic in Africa that is killing millions of men, women, and children who, after however many years rife with their own personal struggle to survive, are dying senseless and horrible deaths at the hands of HIV/AIDS. For more current postings, go to www.alysonpeel.blogspot.com
For those of you interested in reading the Argus Courier article about my work here, the link is: http://www1.arguscourier.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060906/COMMUNITY/60905028&SearchID=73256110706791
We just finished our Close of Service Conference where we discussed the logistics of ending our 2 year committment in Swaziland. As it stands, I will be leaving the country in early to mid November. I will be traveling through West Africa for a month on the way to India, where I expect to study yoga for a few months before resuming my work on humanitarian efforts. I will continue to post during my travels and in India.
I will also be documenting my last 2 months with the girls at the orphanage and with the people in my community. It will be difficult to leave and I expect some of the entries will be quite sad. Please bear with me.