The Craveros are old family friends and I have known these girls just about since they were born. Claire is in Siguatepeque, “Sigua,” for the summer, doing some health volunteering in my old stomping grounds of the mountains of Honduras. She’s been to a host of other places too, including India. Anne is spending the [...]
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Keeping up with the Craveros
Posted in Honduras, Public Health, Travel, tagged friends, Honduras, Public Health, Travel on July 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone for some fair trade organic coffee?
Posted in Honduras, Public Health, Travel on July 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The returned Peace Corps volunteer who started the company that now manages my program to help lower infant mortality in La Esperanza, Honduras recently started a coffee company. 100% of the profits will go towards projects that are part of W.A.S.H., including my program. Volunteers in La Esperanza have been working to build a self-sustaining [...]
the gift that keeps on giving
Posted in Honduras, Public Health on November 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
As I mentioned in an earlier post, my nutrition education program in Honduras has continued. A wonderful peace corps health volunteer is leading the project and incorporating the help of the new volunteers that arrive with the program I volunteered with. In an effort to make the project more sustainable without indefinite help and donations [...]
the project lives on
Posted in Honduras, Public Health, Travel on October 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My project in Honduras lives on. The nutrition program at the Albergue is now being run by a health Peace Corps volunteer in La Esperanza. And donations can now be accepted through an official non-profit (with a tax ID number and everything). Donations will help to bring education and nutritious foods to women from rural [...]
Culture-shocked
Posted in Honduras, Travel on July 22, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Reverse culture shock is an incredible force. But its real trick is in its sneaky, almost invisible nature. Many people claim that reverse culture shock is stronger than the initial culture shock of going to a foreign country. I don’t really think that’s true. Reverse culture shock is not stronger than the initial culture shock, [...]
The volunteer’s (or hitchhiker’s) guide to traveling Honduras
Posted in Honduras, Travel on July 11, 2007 | 2 Comments »
This is the volunteer’s complete travel guide to Honduras. If you are going to be volunteering in or visiting the country sometime soon, you will want this guide. It contains not only a complete suggested travel itinerary, but also information on what to bring, how to access your money, how to use the buses, and [...]
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