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	<title><![CDATA[Alyson's Web Journal]]></title>
	<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com</link>
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	<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my online&nbsp;journal. &nbsp;This journal is a venue for my views and mine alone&nbsp;and are&nbsp;in no way meant to reflect on the the Peace Corps or its philosophy.&nbsp; 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




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		<title><![CDATA[update]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/23726/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  After I left the Peace Corps, Swaziland, in November 2006, I traveled through Mali, Morocco, Egypt, and India before returning to Africa to continue with humanitarian efforts...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 08:20:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[moving on]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/20417/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[If you get this image,stay with me.As I start on my new journey, I am leaving this site which highlights my volunteer experience with HIV outreach work in Africa.&nbsp; I will...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Nov 2006 08:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[anniversary]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/20303/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It seems I’ve always appreciated the inevitability of death.&nbsp; Joel’s death made me acutely aware of its randomness though.&nbsp; So, when I walk down the street, I am...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 18:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[reflection]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/20260/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s been a week now since I’ve left Swaziland, and I have had some time to myself to reflect.&nbsp; Quite honestly, I am still not sure if anything really means anything, if...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Nov 2006 15:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[and so it ends]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/20174/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  It was excruciating leaving the girls.&nbsp; Words don’t do it justice.&nbsp; I have just finished my exit interview with the PC Country Director and have officially closed my...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:54:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[free my soul]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/20020/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  I was on the bus, headed to town to check email this morning.&nbsp; The bus was crowded, having come in from Manzini, and I ended up having to stand near the rear of the...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2006 09:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[the world fact book- life expectancy]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/19795/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/rankorder/2102rank.html  Swaziland has recently achieved a new distinction- the lowest life expectancy in the world, now 32.62...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Oct 2006 08:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[the children's ward]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/19781/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been in Mbabane for a few days for “close of service” medical examinations.&nbsp; While in town, I was able to stop in the children’s ward and see Spelele.&nbsp; She has...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Oct 2006 10:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[running with the girls]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/19780/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[I went out for a run tonight.&nbsp; Two of the younger girls from the orphanage went with me, Fikile and Kayelihle,as did Dumsile, a tall, thin, athletic, and studious high...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[spelele]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/19680/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;   Oct 1  Yesterday Fezile, Buyile, and I set off to visit Spelele.&nbsp; We left at 830 and, after a lot of waiting, and a long bus ride (on that dry, dusty, dirt road)...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2006 08:18:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[reunited]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/19679/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[&nbsp;   Sept 29, 2006  Simphiwe was in town for a few days for school break and we agreed to meet in town this morning to walk out to Mbotjeni and visit Manthoba, Tigi, and...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 08:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[an ending]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/19511/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[On Friday I spent the day with Julie, my closest PCV friend here, as her community celebrated the opening of an NCP (neighborhood care point for the care and feeding of orphans...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 09:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Argus Courier article]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/19284/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of you interested in reading the Argus Courier article about my work here, the link is:&nbsp;...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 13:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/18637/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Went out to visit Babe M's children to sign them up for the Young Heroes program (www.youngheroes.org.sz ) in the hopes that we can get some support for them.&nbsp; I found the...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 10:57:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[what a day it was]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/18402/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  Heartfelt thanks to the researchers and staff at the Buck Institute in Novato, CA, and to friends in Petaluma who helped make this day possible.&nbsp; We had 5 or 6 runners...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 10:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[For Joel]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/18238/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  For Joel on what would have been his 21st birthday and for mothers everywhere:  Lord Protect My Child  Bob Dylan  For his age, he’s wise  He’s got his mother’s eyes  There’s...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 May 2006 07:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[a much needed break]]></title>
		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/18147/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[  Felicity and I spent the weekend together at Vic Falls, Zambia.&nbsp; It was a much needed break and wonderful beyond telling to see Fizzy.&nbsp; We laughed and cried (well, I...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2006 08:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/18015/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[When I left Babe M at the hospital last night, he was in a great deal of pain.&nbsp; He died before morning.&nbsp; Cancer.&nbsp; He was preceded in death by his wife 2 years ago...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 May 2006 08:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/17953/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[Babe M has been in the hospital for a couple days now.&nbsp; There is a teenage boy staying there with him.&nbsp; I am uncertain of the relationship.&nbsp; It is a son but it...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 May 2006 09:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<link>http://apeel.bravejournal.com/entry/17952/</link>
		<description><![CDATA[The girls are on break from school so 10 of them and I set off to the neighboring community to see Manthoba, Tigi, and their gogo (the one with the broken leg).&nbsp; Manthoba...]]></description>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 May 2006 09:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
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