A week or so ago, I realized that at least for now, my volunteer gig at Futuro Juvenil would not occupy a full schedule. I could show up and pretend to be busy every day (I have a lot of practice at this), but my duties only require 10-15 hours a week. Conveniently, I received a [...][...]
Archive for August, 2009
August 31st, 2009 - 10:41 am § in Argentina, Tips & Resources
Che, Argentina’s Nonprofit Sector
Every month we’ll be posting an entry from a guest contributor who has some advice, resources, information and/or inspiration they want to share. This month’s guest contributor is Talia Krevsky, an intern with Idealist.org who spent a couple months down in Buenos Aires this summer. Are [...]
Finding Inspiration
We just had an interesting get-together with a friend of a friend. Some backstory…Our mutual friend had told this person, Cat, that we had made some major life changes and that it had all started when we had decided to take several months off from life-as-we-knew-it in order to do some volun[...]
Shared Dreams
In a serendipitous coincidence with my new tasks on the Literacy Spark Team, an invitation found its way into my hands from the Riecken Foundation to attend a presentation about their local programs. I’d previously heard great things about Riecken’s work with libraries and was curious to learn m[...]
August 28th, 2009 - 10:22 am § in Around Town, Peru
The Harder Days
I am talking with a friend about the prevalence of domestic violence in Ayacucho, and frankly, how it seems certain communities are socially accepting of men who beat their wives. Domestic violence is seen as a solution to keep a woman in line, force them into change or acceptance of change, and m[...]
August 27th, 2009 - 10:50 pm § in Around Town, Belize, In the Field, Looking for Opportunity, Volunteer
Building up a Community
Imagine what it would be like to live in a house with no electricity, plumbing or running water. Or have a yard that was basically a swamp, where your kids had no place to play. Unfortunately, this is the reality for many families whose children attend Holy Cross Anglican School. But the school doe[...]
Resourcefulness and Ingenuity
Feeling inspired by tacogirl’s post on Monday about the children in Belize who are living in a “different, more simpler way,” I would like to elaborate on her insight and talk about how I have been continually impressed with how this simple life often leads to a heightened ability for resource[...]
Adjustment
A few days ago I returned from a trip to California. Every three months we are required to leave Guatemala for at least 72 hours to have our passports stamped. For the first two years, I complied religiously, but then learned you can pay someone to go to the Capital to get it stamped for [...][...]
Starting Over Again
Now having been in Buenos Aires for a couple of days, I’m still getting adjusted and trying to learn as much as I can. Getting here wasn’t exactly easy (flight trouble), but I’m here now and trying to set up a new life again. With WorldTeach, even though we still had to deal with[...]
