Being unable to type with my left index finger, courtesy of a late-night cooking accident (see healthcare), now is a fitting time to provide the logistics of living here.[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Bogota’
August 25th, 2009 - 12:50 pm § in Colombia, Tips & Resources
What You Need to Know About Living in Bogotá
Where I Volunteer and What I Do
For two weeks now, I have been helping out at the children’s foundation, Futuro Juvenil. Founded in 1968, the organization subsists without any government aid. The kids at Futuro Juvenil come from the poorest parts of Bogotá. Some have no family. One six-year-old girl had witnessed her Dad ki[...]
You Have to Show Up
I have just finished my first week with Futuro Juvenil. I will provide more information later, but an overview: Futuro Juvenil brings abandoned and extremely poor kids from the streets of Bogotá and raises them in a small mountain town. At around 16 or 17, they reintegrate them into Bogotá at eith[...]
Square Zero
Since 2007, I have been running a small business over the internet. It has enabled me freedom of time and freedom of location, for which I am very grateful. Recently I got the itch to travel to Colombia and pursue a volunteer opportunity. Colombia because of the great things I have heard from othe[...]
