“I took this photo the first time people in my community taught me how to bake bread over a pot over a fire. I was so impressed that it was easy to bake with the lack of an oven. Baking bread is a common income source for people in my community. They make coconut bread using local coconuts to make coconut milk. Delicious!”
Stayed up all night making over 1500 tamales to raise money for the ADESCO (town council). These women are so hard working and so strong. I’m so glad I got to have such a cool learning and bonding activity with them.
Wednesday was the 7th birthday for my host niece, Kamila.
She had been reminding me for weeks and was SO excited to turn 7 on the 7th
and to celebrate the day, her mom threw her a birthday party at school. Both
Kamila and Karelly are obsessed with Frozen, so it was no surprise that the
birthday theme was Frozen. In the morning, I helped my frenzied host sister
with birthday preparations. She taught me how to sew homemade lasos, or bows, complete with a ribbon
around the center and then we put them in plastic packages for each child. We
also stuffed the GIANT Elsa piñata, picked up the cake, and made goody bags.
The party was, well, a party of a bunch of 1st graders, and
therefore crazy, but very fun.
“Don Miguel’s grandson picks ant larvae (escamoles) off the tray as grandpa sorts the larvae from the guacal (nest material). Observing the harvesting process, done properly, helped in preparing presentations and materials given to other campesinos in the region as part of a project on habitat management and sustainable harvesting of edible insects.”
“This photo was taken during the first organized event of the San Nicolas Women’s Group. Six women came together to sell pasteles (a traditional dish, deep fried dough stuffed with potatoes) in the middle of our small community. During our two hours of work we were surrounded by curious children, and while many younger girls jumped in and helped us cook, the boys sat far away, unwilling to participate since cooking is seen as women’s work.
This photo shows one young boy, who, despite his friends taunting and laughing, decided he wanted to learn how to make pasteles. Here, with the help of a member of the Women’s Group, the boy is learning how to flatten the dough, the first step. The following Sunday, when the women got together to sell pupusas (a typical Salvadoran dish) the boy joined us again and helped us sell the food all over the community, using his bike to make deliveries.”
“I’m the first president of indigenous descent who had been democratically elected in 500 years in South America. To a large extent thanks to the Peace Corps.” – Alejandro Toledo, former President of Peru
“I was put in charge of the face-painting station at the English Center Celebration. Snakes were a popular request.” -Peace Corps Nicaragua Volunteer Robin http://bit.ly/1io79HL
“A paint brush in one hand, a baby in another, a young mother manages to multitask and participate in a craft-making course offered in Membrillo, Panama, while taking care of her child in order to empower herself and her family.”
“This picture was taken on Wednesday, March 19th, 2014, in Guatemala, on the village’s celebration of its Patron Saint José. Here are Catholics parading around the town with the saint held high.”
This photo was taken during a soccer tournament in a pueblo close to Lislique, El Salvador. Two little girls triumphantly climb a goal as the team from their pueblo wins the match.
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