After a few weeks of training and preparing the communities for their respective projects, we finally began the construction of the three piggery sites and the sanitary pads. This past […]
This past week we expanded our working style (with business trainings and election prep), our stomachs (with new food and forced creativity), and our repertoire (with hygiene initiatives and rogue […]
Week 2, June 8 to 12 Monday, Malaria Prevention It was our first day in the field. We visited the town of Nakalanga, which was about an hour away from […]
12 June 2015 Hello all! We made it safely to Iquitos on the 10th- tonight we are expecting our last and final member of the Project team, Alec! We have […]
There is something wonderful about familiarity that not many people don’t talk about because it seems so obvious, it is familiar and therefore it is secure. When you find yourself […]
Hola Amigos! // Hi Friends! Our last week in San Juan started out with a definite bang. While I was curled up in bed with a 102 degree fever, wishing […]
This week we saw the completion of the first real knitted goods, prepared for cooperative elections, made new friends, and felt the impending nostalgia of being halfway done… On Monday […]
Note: We were asked to write up a report for the month of May in regards to the COPHAD initiative (Community of Potters Health and Development). Below you will find […]
Thanks for checking out our blog – it all starts here! Below are little blurbs each of us wrote abut ourselves and what we are looking forward to in our […]