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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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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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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This Monday I co-facilitated a health talk on the importance of washing one’s hands during key times during the day,…
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This was my site mate, Adam’s, last week in town and he spent the past couple of weeks saying goodbye…
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This post describes how I purify my drinking water during my Peace Corps service, not the most exciting topic, but…
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Today I traveled in a chicken bus through winding dirt mountain roads and paved highways to the capitol of my…
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During Pre-Service Training (PST), and during our service, we’ve gotten a lot of practice participating in, and organizing, dinamicas. Dinamicas…
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Well . . . it’s been a little more than a year that I’ve been in Guatemala at this point….
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So, one of our roles as a Peace Corps Volunteer is to be a co-facilitator, or to give people small…
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