first morning in morelia

at the EAP breakfast

June 24th 2008
¡Hola! So below is a compilation of a series of edited emails to my fam. it's VERY long, so don't feel like you need to read it all. happy summer to you! Feel free to email back, although I've only been checking it once a week or so. Here goes: sunday the 15th we had our orientation in spanish (i understood most everything) and then we went home with our host family. i'm staying with a couple i ... read more

North America » Mexico » Michoacán » Morelia

The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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Monika Roy

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I'm now working here in Haiti with an organization that I started volunteering with called SOIL - Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods (http://www.oursoil.org). SOIL works to empower the community on dealing with sanitation issues from a holistic perspective. Traditional sanitation systems are not only scarce, but a challenge here as water and piping infrastructure barely exist. We have dry toilets set up in various communities and camps from the earthquake, and collect the toilet material to process at a composting site. The diverted urine is diluted and used to fertilize gardens and th... full info

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