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Day Six, Tuesday July 5th:

By eoghan | Published: October 18, 2009
So we had our first full day with Pitseng H.S. today. Sister Juliet, the principal of Pitseng High and a memorable character, joined us today and was well taught by Deirdre. There is also a very intelligent man called John Tau in our class. He teaches English at the school and has a real dignified air [...]
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Teaching in Mapote/Week 2: July 30, 2009

By eoghan | Published: July 30, 2009
I started my teaching this week, at Imperial High School, Mapote. The town is about a 45 minute bus ride from TY. A team of 4 of us taught there, with some more of the Camara team teaching in another nearby town called Peka. Our school was situated in a beautiful mountain area! The weather [...]
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Arrival in Lesotho/Week 1: July 30, 2009

By eoghan | Published: July 30, 2009
After a long but interesting journey, I finally arrived in Lesotho! The landscape, with it’s beautiful mountains, is really stunning! We are based for the first week in a town called TY for short; its about a 40 mins drive from Maseru, the capital city. The people here are really friendly and curious about us [...]
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Friday July 3rd – TY/Maseru Lesotho Board Meeting

By Cormac | Published: July 9, 2009
Today was the first formal meeting of the Lesotho Board and was attended by Malefetsan (Head of the National Curriculum Development Centre), Nelson (Principal of a large secondary school) and Trisha. Myself and Simon attended as observers.  The open part of the meeting lasted 2 ½ hours where the Board was given an operational and [...]
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The Lesotho Ambassador meets the Lesotho, Camara Team

By Team Lesotho | Published: July 8, 2009
On the evening of Saturday 12th of June, in Dublin, the team of 12 of us who are travelling to Lesotho this July, had the pleasure to met with the Ambassador to Lesotho, her excellency Mrs Mannete Ramaili. The ambassador was an excellent, warm host to us, providing us with information, refreshments and giving us [...]
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A bad day

By Cormac | Published: July 7, 2009
Thursday July 2 – Maseru/TY Some days are bad days. This one was very bad. It started out well with Simon picking us up in the morning and driving us up to TY where our Hub is located. TY has a population of 30,000 people and is Lesotho’s second biggest town after Maseru. The drive up [...]
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