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January 31st, 2012 - 7:58 am § in Honduras, Op Ed

Good Intentions: The Charity Curse and the Peace Corps in Honduras

“Here were these poor people, living on the edge of a mountain with a million-dollar view,’’ she says. “But they needed the basics, food, shelter. It was such a moving experience.’’ The Peace Corps’ decision to leave Honduras, she notes, is “heartwrenching.’’ “I thought about t[...]

January 17th, 2012 - 12:44 pm § in Honduras, News

Let’s Talk About the War on Drugs in Honduras

The international aid community has struggled with this question for years: When a country is in dire straights in almost every aspect, what is the responsibility of the international community? But wait: let’s backtrack for a moment here. Many a U.S. citizen has heard about the so-called “[...]

December 28th, 2011 - 5:27 am § in Day in the Life, Honduras

The Peace Corps Pulls out of Honduras: the Spectrum of Human Emotion

Last week we found out that Peace Corps is pulling its volunteers out of Honduras due to insecurity. With 8 months left of service with my community and every intention of finishing them, this was not happy news. Most of us Peace Corps volunteers were shocked to hear this decision, not because of wh[...]

December 27th, 2011 - 9:25 am § in Bolivia, Costa Rica, Day in the Life, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, In the Field, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Peru, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

45 More Tips from Kiva Fellows in South America

Sixteen classes of Kiva Fellows have been working in the field for Kiva for years now. We upload borrower profiles. We make field visits. We battle typhoid, malaria, and poisonous spiders the size of our heads. Now, we’re no experts in living or working abroad (though we sure do like it), but[...]

December 1st, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Careers, Honduras, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

So you’re thinking about the Peace Corps?

My journey into the field of international development was bred from a mix of wanting to be like Indiana Jones and a champion for world peace. I also really liked the idea of getting paid to travel around the world and interact with local people. That being said, I didn’t always want to be a P[...]

November 15th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Culture, Day in the Life, Honduras, Volunteer

Finding Family

Arriving to one’s town of service, one of the volunteer’s principal concerns is the host family. Will they like me? Is their house clean? Will I have some semblance of privacy and personal space? Will we be able to communicate and co-exist during my stay here? The build-up to that first meeting[...]

July 15th, 2011 - 9:48 am § in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Looking for Opportunity, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela

La Vida Idealist.org is Seeking New Writers!

If you are reading this now, chances are you’re interested in nonprofit or development work in Latin America. You may actually already be teaching English in Colombia, or working in a national park in Costa Rica, or completing your first year of the Peace Corps in Chile. And if that’s th[...]

October 28th, 2010 - 5:00 pm § in Honduras, In the Field, Looking for Opportunity, Nicaragua, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

Do as the Central Americans Do

When in Central America, do as the Central Americans do: slow down, make it count, and when in doubt, wing it. Things such as internet connections, water pressure, food service, bus travel, etc. run much more slowly here than in the U.S. In the communities I’ve visited, I’ve witnessed h[...]

August 19th, 2010 - 2:20 pm § in Argentina, Around Town, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Event, Honduras, News, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela

Americas Social Forum in Summary

One day at lunch everyone danced together under an electric blue Asunción sky and it was easy to believe, at least for a second, that if all this buena ondaa and energy could translate to action, the world would be all right (in a left sort of way).[...]

June 24th, 2010 - 10:37 am § in Chile, Culture, Honduras

High Definition

Idealistic adventurers (whether in Latin America or elsewhere) inevitably find themselves in a world of contrasts. Some contrasts are devastating, others empowering, and then there are the contrasts that are neither here-nor-there. The last of these, whether they make us chuckle or swear, add uniq[...]





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