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Hi-Lo 10: Project Framework & Shift

This week marks an exciting undertaking which is the PROJECT FRAMEWORK REVISION for Youth in Development. Basically, each Peace Corps project has a ‘logic project framework’ or in Spanish…

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The Double Graduation Day

I write this post to recount an especially long day. Some days do feel very long in Peace Corps, and as boring as it feels sometimes to be in…

Beauty

The Early, Long-Winded, Crampy, Unclear, Very Long Day

At 4:26 am I got four simultaneous phone calls.

It was my from my school director. The school secretary, Ana Marta, told me they would pass right by my house….

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The Armpit of Service: July & August

So I made it through July and August, the absolute armpit of this year, and maybe my service. Close to something important (like Close of Service), but not there…

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La Noche Cultural | The First Part

I got to Paquip at 4:45pm on a Thursday in April. Seño Juana, the school principal, was running past me out of the gym. When I saw her that…