I’m packing my bags. My college roommate gets married on Saturday, and I’ll be darned if I miss it. Despite the fact I’m technically already traveling, and at one point my belongings here filled two suitcases, this trip will involve transit through four countries via bus, boat, two[...]
Posts Tagged ‘money’
Organizing Fundraisers at Home and Abroad
Since September, my co-worker Lauren and I have been holding weekly fundraising events here in Cusco, and with just a month and a half left we’re also gearing up for events to be held back in the States. Here is a brief I outline of our fundraising endeavors from abroad and at home: I. Fundraisers[...]
Nica is Cash Only
Foreigners who are accustomed to traveling abroad know that developing countries are cash-based societies. Even European vendors frequently reject plastic in favor of paper. As the Controller for blueEnergy Group, a renewable energy NGO based on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua, I’ve come to reali[...]
January 15th, 2010 - 12:39 am § in Tips & Resources
Reality Check Via a Credit Card
Recently, we called the credit card company to let them know that we’ll be traveling out of the country and to please please please not “block” our credit card. When we were away volunteering in South America last time, they deactivated our card so many times that we continually had to have [...]
September 3rd, 2009 - 8:20 pm § in Around Town, Guatemala
Money, Money, Money
For every traveler or volunteer living in an impoverished country, the question of money donations arises. The sad-looking woman with her tiny baby and the plastic bowl for coins by her side on the street; the man with one leg and his hand out….these are the obvious ones, and each person dec[...]
