Since arriving in Argentina earlier this year I’ve been working Un Techo Para Mi Pais, an exemplary organization that works within nineteen countries in South America. Their youth-based, horizontally structured, local leadership and volunteer base works to help families in extreme poverty develop[...]
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November 16th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Argentina, In the Field, Looking for Opportunity, Nonprofit Spotlight, Volunteer
Un Techo Para Mi Pais- More than Just a Roof
Machismo Madness: Workplace Woes
For the month of July, La Vida Idealist has asked bloggers to write about their experiences with machismo. This is the sixth post in that series. I really lucked out with my English teaching job in Lima- my workplace had a modern culture, and many of my students were great people with interesting co[...]
The New Normal
I’ve recently relocated from Lima, Peru, to Buenos Aires, Argentina; the difference is dramatic in almost every single way. This is the second of three posts addressing this transition (yes, that’s right, my last post’s extended metaphor border crossing story was post number one. Thanks, l[...]
June 21st, 2011 - 6:01 am § in Around Town, Bolivia
Getting to Chile; remarkably less Chilly
Our truck driver, who had not said more than 50 words to us in the last three days, finally got the Jeep started. We clamored in, our hair still wet and starting to freeze, but our bodies thankful for having gotten into the hot spring after three days of cold. We drove to the edge of [...][...]
