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January 30th, 2012 - 7:02 am § in Day in the Life, Nicaragua, Volunteer

New to Nica

I just passed the three-weeks-in-Nicaragua mark (as well as the “I-can-talk-about-more-than-just-the-weather” mark in my Spanish lessons- quite the milestone, in my mind). So, bueno, La Vida Idealistas. I am a 26-year-old from Washington state, currently living in Leon, Nicaragua. I’v[...]

January 11th, 2012 - 5:00 am § in Looking for Opportunity, Volunteer

Funding Alert: Scholarships for Volunteering in Latin America

Looking for funding opportunities and grants for volunteering in Latin America? LIVFund provides US$500 scholarships to selected participants interning, learning and volunteering in Latin America.[...]

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 18th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Careers, Guatemala, Looking for Opportunity, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight

Trabajo: Job Hunting, Working Abroad, and “Real World” Work

“So… when are you going to get a real job?” I think many people, especially of my parents’ generation, see working abroad as a filler for the time period between college graduation and the entry into the American professional world, as a way to productively delay the start of adulthood. [...]

December 16th, 2011 - 6:50 am § in Day in the Life, Tips & Resources, Volunteer

Costs of Volunteering (and where does my money really go?)

As a volunteer we do have to do our research. Just like someone donating (discussed pointedly in Amanda’s recent post “Too Much Charity“) in order to make a difference, we have to do a background check on who we donate our time to. We also must realize that volunteer organization[...]

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 30th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Bolivia, Op Ed, Volunteer

Why I Volunteer Abroad

Before I volunteered as a Kiva Fellow in Sierra Leone (May of 2011) and Bolivia (September 2011), I was living in Santa Barbara, California. Imagine: Santa Barbara beaches saturated with color, mansions with the smell of jasmine twisting through the air, and a pace of life only to be set by the sun[...]

November 29th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Careers, Ecuador, Looking for Opportunity, Tips & Resources, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight

La Vida: Teaching English in Quito, Ecuador

First off, thanks Rob for the recent guest series on various volunteer and development opportunities. Your experiences and incites were concise and objective, great advice to the budding idealist in Latin America. While reading your entries and others on the site lately, I have been deeply consid[...]

November 24th, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Careers, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Looking for Opportunity, Nicaragua, Peru, Tips & Resources, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight

Guest Post: To Kiva Fellow or not to Kiva Fellow, Eso e’ la pregunta. (Part III of III)

Today’s guest post comes from Rob Gradoville, a current Kiva Fellow, Rotary Scholar, and Fulbright Fellow in Cusco, Peru. Since 2005, Rob has been thinking about the best way to provide the basic services that rural folks in the developing world want and need most: clean water and electricity[...]

November 23rd, 2011 - 6:00 am § in Careers, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Looking for Opportunity, Nicaragua, Peru, Tips & Resources, Volunteer, Volunteer Spotlight

Guest Post: To Kiva Fellow or not to Kiva Fellow, Eso e’ la pregunta. (Part II of III)

Today’s guest post comes from Rob Gradoville, a current Kiva Fellow, Rotary Scholar, and Fulbright Fellow in Cusco, Peru. Since 2005, Rob has been thinking about the best way to provide the basic services that rural folks in the developing world want and need most: clean water and electricity.[...]





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