Matt In Guatemala

This blog represents the personal experience of one MCH (Maternal and Child Health) Peace Corps Volunteer currently serving in Guatemala. The opinions expressed here are neither those of the Peace Corps nor of the U.S. or Guatemalan Governments.

Peace Corps Guatemala in the Press!

This blog post was going to be about the long anticipated start of the raining season in my town, or…

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Field Trip to Guatemala City! Part 1

Last week I was fortunate to be able to go on a VAC (Volunteer Advisory Council) sponsored trip to Guatemala…

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Field Based Training and Pan Mojado!

A lot has happened in my town in the month of April, my biggest event was an opportunity to host…

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Peace Corps 3Gol Activities and Doña Luisa’s in Antigua!

I haven’t posted for a while as I burned through some of my annual leave to return to the US,…

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Mid-Service Medical Exams and Balancing Work

This month in Guatemala, volunteers are cycling through headquarters in order to complete our required mid-service physicals and dental exams….

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Winter Is Coming in Guatemala!

It is now winter in my town, or at least what passes for winter in the somewhat more equatorially located…

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Peace Corps Guatemala: Daily Activities 8: Travel Out of Site!

Last week I arrived in my site after my training group’s MST (Mid-Service Training) conference at Peace Corps headquarters in…

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My Most Excellent Mid-Service Training (MST) Adventure!

Last week I attended the Mid-Service Training conference for Peace Corps Volunteers (PCVs) in my Bak’tun (what we call training…

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Motivational Interviewing and House Visits: Empowering People to Change Their Lives

This last Friday I, and nurses from a local health post, completed house visits in the outlying community served by…

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Corn Harvesting Time In My Site!

Every year in late November and early December here in my town in the western highlands of Guatemala, many people…

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