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Rural Business Advising
On three occasions now, while talking about financial goals, savings, and loans, I have had participants draw their financial goals. I thought of the activity because I have been working with two cooperatives whose members have low education levels and … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Teaching, Work
Tagged beach, business advising, business training, community tourism, cooperative, cooperatives, dreams, education, financial goals, fishing, goals, León, ocean, Poneloya, poverty, rural, rural education, rural tourism, Telica, Telica Volcano, tourism, transportation, Volcan Telica, volcano
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One Day in the Campo
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Vlog
Tagged access, agrarian lifestyle, agriculture, campo, community, development, education, electricity, farming, health, hopscotch, hot spring, lack of access, road, rural, rural community, school, Telica, thermal spring, under-developed, video, video blog, vlog, Volcan Telica, volcano, water
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Practicum Week
Around this time last year I was sent north to Jinotega for a Volunteer Visit with then Small Business Development Volunteer Hannah (she is now a Returned PC Volunteer in the US, meaning she completed her two years of service). … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps, Training
Tagged beach, black clams, business advisory, business training, ceviche, Chinandega, clam, clams, cooperative, education, fish, fish market, fish processing, fried fish, Jinotega, León, lesson plan, lesson planning, lesson plans, mangroves, Nicaragua, ocean, Peace Corps, Small Business Development Volunteers, teacher training, teaching, training, US Peace Corps, wetlands
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The Nicaraguan School System
You wouldn’t think that a Small Business Development Peace Corps Volunteer would spend much time in high schools, but in fact I spend at least 50% of my time in schools. Entrepreneurship is an official part of the high school … Continue reading
More Class Cancellations and the World Cup
This morning started with some sad news. One of the teachers I work with hurt his foot and the doctor has ordered him off it for the whole week. He teaches five sections of entrepreneurship (each an hour and a half … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps
Tagged Copa del Mundo, Copa Mundial, Cuerpo de Paz, education, emprendedurismo, entrepreneurship, high school, León, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, school, secondary school, teacher, teaching, U.S., U.S. Peace Corps, U.S.A., United States of America, US, USA, World Cup
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Cancelada
Reasons my classes have been cancelled this week (so far): Teacher had to bring a kid to the hospital on his motorcycle, and then another kid Science fair Impending thunderstorm (it wound up passing us by and not even raining) … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps
Tagged class, education, high school, hospital, injury, lightning, play, principal, school, storm, theatre, thunder
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