The description below applies to posts up to January 2013.
From January to December 2012 I will be serving as one of two recent Grinnell alums in the Grinnell Corps: Lesotho program. In June/July my current co-fellow will be replaced by a member of the Grinnell class of ’12. There is much more information about the program here.
The fellowship allows me to teach high school in a very rural, poor community called St. Rodrigue. The high school is run by a Catholic convent, and enrolls around 300-400 girls each year. I receive a modest stipend from Grinnell College, and live in a house with no electricity, although we do have running, drinkable water (when boiled). I only have access to the internet when I visit Maseru, so I LOVE to receive snail mail. You may write to me at:
Gwen Varley
St. Rodrigue Mission
Box 61
Tlali 170
Lesotho, southern Africa
Or email me at varleygw@gmail.com
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Gender, in development 