The first day I arrived in the Region de Los Rios, where I would spend the next 8 months teaching in a school and living with a Chilean family, was one of increasing panic. The thing is, while I knew my Spanish wasn’t really at all very good, I really thought that the few months [...][...]
Posts Tagged ‘South America’
December 16th, 2010 - 9:00 am § in In the Field, Looking for Opportunity, Nonprofit Spotlight, Tips & Resources, Uruguay
Volunteerism in Latin America: The Uruguay Picture
When my fellow grant recipients and I arrived in Uruguay, one of the first questions our program officer asked us was: “And what kind of volunteer work would you like to do?” Volunteering is part of our role. But she was quick to warn us that volunteering isn’t as common here as in the U.S[...]
December 14th, 2010 - 5:22 pm § in Tips & Resources
Book Review: The Road Less Traveled
Travelers are always seeking a road less traveled. Sometimes you travel to embrace new challenges. Other times you travel to escape current ones. Either way, the act of journeying to another place lends itself to finding truth. It takes you away from your day-to-day routine, and forces you to ask [...]
Particles and Waves
I have devoted quite a bit of time to volunteerism. For two of my three post-college years, I worked as a full-time volunteer (the third in the nonprofit sector); during college I gave my time during summers and some weekends. Without exception, I have benefited enormously from every experience both[...]
Wanted: Brut Strength
The first time I saw G., the nurses had called him over to break a door down. The key had snapped off in the lock of the woodshed, and we needed the wood to make seed bed frames. The second time I saw G. at the psychiatric hospital, we needed someone with brute strength to bang [...][...]
