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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It is now winter in my town, or at least what passes for winter in the somewhat more equatorially located…
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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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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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This last Friday I, and nurses from a local health post, completed house visits in the outlying community served by…
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Every year in late November and early December here in my town in the western highlands of Guatemala, many people…
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During Pre-Service Training (PST), or the 9 or so weeks that Peace Corps Trainees in the Maternal and Child program…
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This is the second Thanksgiving I’ve spent in Guatemala, the first was a day after I, and everyone else in…
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This is a video of a dance, and even some aerial acrobatics performed by a rope climber, during the Feria…
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In this post I’m going to describe the “Cuatro Demoras” or the Four Delays in receiving adequate medical attention in…
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