Posts tagged Panama
Life is calling. How far will you go?
Seminars - One of the more rewarding parts of being a Teaching English volunteer. Basically, all the English teachers in the region gather together so we can tell them new strategies to apply in the classroom. Surprisingly, many listen.
“It’s really interesting how language isn’t always the most important thing to have a strong connection with someone.”
It’s Global Handwashing Day!
Handwashing with soap has an important role to play in child survival and health. One of the most cost-effective interventions, simply handwashing with soap can reduce the incidence of diarrhea among children under five by almost 50 percent, and respiratory infections by nearly 25 percent!
Reblog this if you’ve washed your hands today!
4th graders singing the hokey pokey at the English week assembly!
That’s what it’s all about!
Mamón; a really delicious fruit in Panama. It looks like a lime but then you break it open and there is this pinkish fruit inside. Yum :)
Volunteer Homes, a set on Flickr.
By popular demand, we’ve updated our Volunteer homes Flickr set. Check out these PCV cribs from around the world!
An elder woman in Panama paints a Peace Corps Volunteer with a temporary paint from the juices of a fruit called Jagua.
Three things I miss about Peace Corps; my host community and family, my hut and the view I got up to every morning!
I realize now that serving as a Peace Corps Volunteer is unlike any volunteer or life experience I have had prior, and may ever have again. The Peace Corps experience is about human connection, about giving a community hope, teaching them new skills and above all, helping them to help themselves.
It is not about bringing in aid, dropping it off and waiting until they need it again. It is about working one-on-one or little by little to reach a goal. It is about taking time. The Peace Corps experience is about truly immersing yourself in another culture to figure out together what is right for them.
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Panama - 2001
