To my infinite chagrin, frustration, and general delight Honduras is a country filled with folk knowledge and customs. Imagine if every person you encountered from age 2 to 102 constantly tried to give you advice, insights, and play-by-play (sometimes solicited, … Continue reading →
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Coffee: A Mystery Wrapped in an Enigma Considering just how much coffee is consumed on a daily basis by Americans, knowledge of where coffee comes from, how it is harvested, how it is processed, and how it ends up in … Continue reading →
Hello friends & family! I miss everyone dearly. There is this website dedicated to challenging people back home to “live like a Peace Corps Volunteer” to get a better sense of what life is like for us in our respective … Continue reading →
When in Rome, you got do what the Romans do, right? Humor me, I am awful with sayings but I know it is something along those lines. Well, when you are in Honduras, you have to talk like a Honduran … Continue reading →
My 1st year in numbers (theme stolen from my sitemate Carrie, thankyouverymuch) 365. The number of days I have spent in Honduras. Somehow it feels like a lot more than that but not always in a negative way. However, the … Continue reading →
I have had a lot of work recently and it has been really exciting, frustrating, and fun. Now, maybe these three words seem a bit incongruous but life as a Peace Corps Volunteer is usually a combination of really high-highs … Continue reading →
People back home often ask me what it’s like to be a Peace Corps Volunteer in Honduras. Some of the most frequently asked questions are: 1. Do you like it? 2. What do you do? 3. Do you have a … Continue reading →
Hello, It has been quite some time since I have posted and lots of things have happened. Here is a brief outline so you can read what you are interested in: 1. Family came to Honduras 2. Work Trip to … Continue reading →
Hello family and friends! I hope this holiday season is enjoyable for all. I am finally feeling some of the Christmas cheer here as my village has started to have “posadas” every night to celebrate Mary & Joseph going to … Continue reading →
To start, sorry for the delay in updates! I have been in my site for nearly two months now and I am really like things so far. As people say here, “ya se halló acá.” More or less, this means … Continue reading →
Hello all, I cannot believe that it is already October (Happy Birthday, Mom!). I have been in Honduras for nearly four months. Sometimes I feel like I left the states yesterday but most of the time, it feels like quite … Continue reading →
Yesterday was the official swear in ceremony for Honduras 17 training class! I am proud to say that of the 57 people who arrived to serve on June 23rd, 57 people were sworn in by the ambassador. I am very … Continue reading →
More photos for you all to enjoy! I am almost done with training and I find out my site in the next two weeks. I am really excited to find out where I will be going. However, I do know … Continue reading →
Hello Family & Friends, I am headed into my final month of training before I head to my site and I am getting really excited! Also, I was really excited this past week when I got letters from Ella, Hitomi … Continue reading →
Hi friends, This past week our training group went to the national forestry school and learned about community reforestation projects. We also reforested a recharge area of a micro-watershed with Nim trees. They are really cool and multiple use trees that are native to India. However, they are good for repelling bugs, fodder for animals, [...]
Just finished my first week of Field Based Training and it was a lot of fun. However, our new site is extremely hot and the power goes off pretty much every day. We had training this week on micro-cuencas (micro watersheds) as well as non-formal education and behavioral change. THe best part of the week [...]
Hello all, Tomorrow all of the Protected Areas Management trainees (PAMistas or PAMers) are headed off to our new training site. We will be there for seven weeks learning all sorts of different things from how to make improved stoves to terrace farming. I am really excited for some field training and it will be [...]
Hello friends and family, This past week has been a really good time! Although the training hours are long (I get up at 5:30 everyday and do not get home til around 5:30), it has been fun to bond with the other trainees and prepare for the two years that we will all be working [...]
Hello friends, I just wanted to post a quick update! Things are going well here in Honduras and I am really excited about the work that I am training for right now. Our technical directors are giving us classes on the specific work that we will be doing as Protected Areas Management (PAM) volunteers. We [...]
Hello friends! I have arrived in Honduras and I am now an official Peace Corps trainee. Things here in Honduras are going well so far. We arrived in the middle of the rainy season so it is pouring outside but that just makes hanging out and brushing up on local slang with my host family [...]
Good news! I received my confirmation e-mail for my flight to Houston where I will have staging. In Peace Corps lingo (of which there is a whole lot), that means the day when all the volunteers fly in from around the country and convene in one city-in my case, Houston-for some introduction meetings, vaccinations, and [...]
Hello Friends and friendly people, As I mentioned last post, I am going to be working with the Protected Areas Management (PAM) team in Honduras and I will probably be working on a whole lot of different projects but I hope to learn about the relationship between agriculture, the environment, and consumption in Honduras. I [...]
Good news…I have been invited to serve as a Protected Areas Management (PAM) Advisor in Honduras with the Peace Corps! I am very excited about this and all of the opportunities I will have to learn and work in Honduras. I will be leaving for staging on June 22nd and it will be a mad [...]
I am eagerly awaiting more news about my Peace Corps application/invitation. I just had to submit some additional medical paperwork mostly about my digestive(bowel) system. the good news is that my file is now under review. Thank goodness Katherine is helping me through this process (via Bambey, Senegal!). In other news, I finally know what [...]
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