The Grassroot Soccer machine recently churned out their decisions regarding intern placements, sending me to this sweet little mountain country called Lesotho. It's located in South Africa, but it's an independent country, complete with a King who can sometimes be spotted on the treadmill at the local gym.
I'm pretty happy about Lesotho.
Maseru is the capital. Picture a city in a big brown valley with bumps of small mountains all around.
Maseru and the rest of Lesotho will be explored in due time, no doubt. But down to business. I'm looking forward to tomorrow when Austin (the other GRS intern in Lesotho) and I finally go to WORK. The HIV prevalence in Lesotho is 1 in 4, but likely even higher, meaning there is lots of work to be done.
Want to learn about Lesotho? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesotho
A very very special congratulations goes out to Ebony from Charlotte, NC for making the Street Soccer National Team.
http://www.streetsoccerusa.org/national_team
She's going to Milan in September to compete in the Homeless World Cup. How awesome is that? I wish I could see her play. I would especially be happy to take her to Burger King with a friend of her choice, and eat some Whoppers and fries, and then maybe go to Taco Bell for a Mexican pizza. I'm proud to know this woman and wish her only the best.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
