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I Believe Now

I arrived on May 23, 2010 to a small rural community in Costa Rica and found out that the best integration strategy was to join the women's soccer team. Although I was a disaster - play better now - I decided to learn and practice soccer with the team more than twice a week until I couldn’t do that anymore. It was a Sunday evening on mid-June of last year and by that time I already had soccer cleats. I was still new to this sport so I didn't know I was supposed to wear certain gear th...
Sweet Shoes

Every Peace Corps Volunteer misses a favorite food that is not easily available in their host country. I missed chocolate! My aunt knew this and she mailed me a 5lb Hershey chocolate bar, A five pound chocolate bar was quite the attraction in my small town, so we used it as a raffle item to raise funds for the school auditorium we were building. This building project was my Peace Corps Partnership project,. The Parent Teacher Committee was working hard to raise funds in Nicaragua to matc...
Global Handwashing Day

October 15, 2009 Global Handwashing Day at Progreso RC School PCV with Infant I and Infant II students talking about the importance of washing hands with clean water and soap while singing the handwashing song.
The Horse Wrangler

Little Fernando wants to show he may be young, but still can wrangle a horse.
Buyer's Market

In my rural pueblo of Orocuina, Honduras, I like to go for Sunday morning bike rides to neighboring aldeas and visit with the locals. One Sunday morning found me riding along, when I came into contact with this small truck completely covered in anything your plastic heart could desire. I was so flabergasted that I bust out laughing! As the day progressed, I continued back to my pueblo, crossing paths with the truck along the way. We would wave and say 'Adios' to each other, as he brought l...
How an Eco Justa Stove Works

I am currently implementing an improved stove and pila project in the community of Quebraditas, Trinidad in the department of Copan, Honduras with funds I have received from a SPA grant. The community was invloved with writing the grant, pricing and buying construction materials, building the stoves and pilas, and attended training on envrionmental education and basic sanitation. The stoves we are building are called Eco Justa Stoves and use less firewood and provide the houses with chimneys....
Mayan Dance

A group of primary students in a small rural school performed a typical Mayan Dance as part of the festivities for the September 15th, Guatemalan Independence Day. The dress is typical of the municipality of Nebaj; the Ixil Mayan people.
Dress for Success

On my first day of service at my new site, I reported to the SEMARNAT office in Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico. SEMARNAT is the Mexican equivalent of the US Environmental Protection Agency, and my assignment was to contribute my experience as a Coastal Engineer to a large wetland restoration project. SEMARNAT wanted me to help design hydraulics, erosion, and water quality projects. Now I don't mean to brag, but I am a professional Engineer. The work sounded very similar to projects I had worked on...
Crocodile Farming in Nayarit

Releasing farmed baby crocodiles into the swamp, the "Marismas Nacionales" in Nayarit, Mexico.
Shat on by a Chicken in a Mango Tree

I've mentioned before that the chickens in my host family's yard like to climb the ladder of the mango tree to chill up there all evening/night. So the other night, while unsuspectingly walking back from the latrine, I was struck by what felt like a falling baggie of water – which would not be entirely surprising, considering sometimes they have water fights here with baggies of water en vez de (instead of) balloons. To my dismay however, it was not one of the local kids hanging out in the t...

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