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[...]
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The Highs…and the Lows
Living and working in Nicaragua (or any developing country, really) isn’t always an exhilarating and heartwarming experience. For as high as the highs can be, the lows are equally as low. I’m not trying to be a downer, but I also want to be honest. Apart from the typical nuisances of day to day [...]
Poco a Poco…
Little by little. This is the attitude you must have at all times when working in the vast world of community development in Latin America. I have learned that nothing should be taken for granted, for change happens slowly. And when it does happen, even if just a tiny bit, it should be celebrated. T[...]
Hello, Mundo Hermoso!
Having spent the last month and a half in what, to me, feels like the most remote farming town in all of Central America, it is hard to believe that people all over the globe could (and will) be reading my words! I am excited and honored to be a new Idealist blog “contributor” and [...][...]
