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Posts Tagged ‘international service’

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.[...]

November 22nd, 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 I 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[...]

October 4th, 2010 - 9:00 am § in Argentina, Around Town

Bienvenidos a Argentina

Imagine a modern European city of over two million people. Now add a century of political turmoil, tango, and the fact that it’s located in South America, and you would have a pretty good picture of Buenos Aires. This “Paris of the South” is where I will call home for the next four mont[...]

October 1st, 2010 - 10:45 am § in Around Town, Culture, Day in the Life, Guatemala

American Injection: Being a Tourist in Your Own Country

There is a strange feeling attached to a round-trip ticket to the United States, essentially transforming a passport holder into a tourist. Sitting in my Central American house, surrounded by everything that makes it a home, I plan the details of my trip just as backpacker would with the newest Lone[...]

September 23rd, 2010 - 10:32 am § in Around Town, Chile, In the Field, Tips & Resources

First, Do No Harm

There are roughly three stages of classroom interaction with a new group of students. First, the honeymoon period: a few precious weeks in which your students are in love with you. After that, the testing begins – exactly how much delinquency will be tolerated? Finally, if you can stay firm and co[...]

September 22nd, 2010 - 11:17 am § in Uruguay, Volunteer

Sowing the Seeds of Good Intentions

Back in July, I signed on to participate in a volunteer project through Montevideo’s Universidad de la Católica. Their extension office has a well-run program for their students in which the they identify local opportunities, match volunteers into groups, and guide them throughout the semeste[...]

September 13th, 2010 - 11:21 am § in Around Town, Brazil, Volunteer

A Leap Into the Forest…

So here begins the travel log of two Dubai girls who have fled the luxuries of the Middle East for rainforest-clad Brazil. Rewind two months back: “That’s the problem with creative agency folk,” my father complained, “one minute you’re happily working the next you have quit and booked a fl[...]

September 3rd, 2010 - 6:00 pm § in Around Town, Chile, Day in the Life, Volunteer

Day in the Life: Olympiadas At Anakena

Last week we had Olympiadas at an outdoor public field a few blocks from Colegio Anakena. In the first heat of runners, there were five kids all around the age of five-years-old. Uno, dos, tres and they were off toward the finish line. Until the boy in Lane Three looked down to realize that the [...[...]

August 31st, 2010 - 7:23 am § in Around Town, Careers, Day in the Life, Guatemala, In the Field

Partners in Poverty

Conversely, Guatemalans will ask how much your left shoe cost you without a second of hesitation. Living in such a money-obsessed, impoverished community has been difficult and bitter, and at the increased exposure to the question "How much?", I find myself fretting for my personal financial future.[...]





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