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August 27th, 2011 - 7:01 am § in Day in the Life, Dominican Republic

Reproductive Freedom in a Different Light

Many assume it’s a girl and simply signal to my large stomach and ask, “Girl?” When I say yes, everyone says, “Oh, great! Now you’ll have a pair. After that you’re done?” Some people say that last phrase in a declarative and almost command form, while others ask it as a question, but s[...]

April 18th, 2011 - 2:05 pm § in Guatemala, In the Field

How to Prescribe a Diabetic Diet in Guatemala

Think about those things you can’t (or shouldn’t) eat on a diabetic diet: carbohydrates, corn products, certain fruits, any and all things sugary. Now imagine the Guatemalan diet. Everything here is made from corn, including tortillas, the basis and sometimes only content of many Guatemalans’[...]

December 31st, 2010 - 9:00 am § in Around Town, Culture, Day in the Life, Mexico

Maneuvering Mexico’s Methods

At 12:45 p.m. on Friday afternoon, I was too late to get blood work at the local laboratory. “Ya es muy tarde,” the receptionist said to me. Come back tomorrow between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. I’m thinking, “The doctor is right here, you are here, you don’t look like you are closing[...]

November 19th, 2010 - 4:00 pm § in Around Town

Unregistered Nursing

Give me a syringe and call me a doctor, or at least a nurse. It seems after a six dollar visit to the doctor last week, I became one step closer to my nursing degree — if I ever want to get one. The doctor asked my tonsil-swollen husband if he wanted medicine in injection [...][...]

September 28th, 2010 - 12:31 pm § in Country, Culture, Day in the Life, Paraguay, Tips & Resources

Piké!

I felt a familiar tingle between my toes followed by a sense of dread washing over my whole body. I had been careful to not walk barefoot and keep my feet clean, but piké are tricky parasites. The size of a pinhead, piké are sand fleas that thrive in dry weather, waiting for [...][...]

August 10th, 2010 - 10:00 am § in Around Town, Colombia, In the Field, Nonprofit Spotlight

One NGO Down, 24 to Go!

NGO Profile #1 of The 25twenty-five Project : Corporación Condor Corporación Condor is an organization based in Bogotá, Colombia that travels to marginalized areas all around the country to provide free medical care. In this essay, the group of volunteer doctors and members of the Colombian Air F[...]

January 29th, 2010 - 10:46 am § in Culture, Day in the Life, Event, Peru, Volunteer

Left My Heart in San Francisco

I’m happy to report that our last day in San Francisco, Peru ended just as eventfully as we had hoped. Much like the first day we arrived, our final day was largely highlighted by a matanza (massacre). Only this time the massacre involved an unlucky handful of chickens as opposed to a droopy-e[...]





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