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December 4, 2016 By Kymber Leave a Comment

Mozambique changed my life

The Peace Corps changed my life…even though I didn’t serve. I grew up in Montana. Other than Canada, I left the country one time when I was growing up – to go to an overly curated resort in Mexico with my grandparents.

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My outlook on the world was deeply rooted in Western perspective and priorities. I went to college, then graduate school, then started a “real” job. My sister, on the other hand, joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to a community in Mozambique to teach high school biology. I took five weeks off and flew to Mozambique with no real set of expectations.

The plane door opened and the blast of hot, wet, African air blew everything I thought I knew about the world out of my head. Within an hour I walked a dirt path with my sister (and now brother-in-law) followed by a chorus of kids singing “muzungu!” – white person.

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I watched beautiful women with dark skin and their babies tied to their backs with bright, dancing fabrics.

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I bought not-quite-ripe mangoes from kids who shimmied down from the tall mango trees.

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I ate fried termites in the marketplace.

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I took an ice cold “bucket bath.” My head spun that night under my mosquito net, sweat flowing from every pore.

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I had never seen or felt anything like this. My world cracked open.

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I wanted more. I’ve never stopped wanting more.

Filed Under: Mozambique, Photo essay Tagged With: About us, Mozambique

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