The world I know as of 2008
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Your map description: In high school, I went on the Europe trip with both my French and my Spanish teachers. England, France, Switzerland with the French trip, and Spain with the ... you guessed it, Spanish teacher. Then I taught English in China after my freshman year of college. Junior year we played in a rugby tournament in the Bahamas over spring break. AA and I had an amazing opportunity to go backpacking in India for the summer of '05 after graduating from Bryn Mawr. Then I moved to Beijing to teach English. And since returning I've taken two trips to Mexico with AA and her family. And that's that! For having never left MO/NE until I was 17 years old, I feel as though I've made up for lost time... And now I'm in Nicaragua serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer for 27 months! More travels to come...
"The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps."
Till a voice, as bad as Conscience, rang interminable changes
On one everlasting Whisper day and night repeated -- so:
"Something hidden. Go and find it. Go and look behind the Ranges --
"Something lost behind the Ranges. Lost and waiting for you. Go!"
-rkipling. the explorer.
I am currently a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua, Central America, with Nica48. PCV service consists of 3 months of in-country training followed by 24 months of service. The Corps in Nicaragua is divided into 5 sectors: TEFL, Environmental Education, Health, Small Business Development, and Agriculture.
I am in the Agriculture sector here in Nicaragua, which means I am a grassroots rural development volunteer whose main goal is to work work with local farm families to improve food security. This is accomplished through activities including enhancing soil fertility - through composting, biofertilizer, and lombricultura; promoting soil and water conservation, diversifying crops, integrating pest management, and maximizing available resources and space in a family’s backyard or patio area. We Ag Volunteers also work with families on food-processing activities - like making jams, dehydrating vegetables and fruits, and using natural herbal remedies from the resources around them; and we work to help families find ways to commercialize their products.
The goal, as always, is sustainability.
I will be serving here in a community on top of a mountain in the northern department of Madriz. My department capital is Somoto and I come back to Esteli often, so if you're in the neighborhood of either department, drop me a line and we'll make a day - or several - of it :)
Enjoy!
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Whatever you can do or dream you can,
Begin.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it.
Begin it now.
-jgoethe
"The contents of this website are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps."
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