Stop me before I volunteer again!: Sundays in Susuma

Bienvenidos to my Blog!

Hello Family, Friends, and Curious Readers,

Thanks for stopping in to see what I am up to. This is my first blog, and I hope not to bore you too much with the details of my life. But rather hope to offer you some insights into development work, the highs, the lows, and well the boring.

But before I move away for 27 months, let me give you a little information about myself before I lose a steady internet connection.

So after graduating from Boston College in 2005, I decided I wanted to learn Spanish and "save the world" so I moved to Cusco, Peru. I began by volunteering for The Center for Traditional Textiles of Cusco by researching and writing a small business plan for the organization. I continued to work with the organization until February of 2008, when I returned to the US to prepare for my move to Madrid, Spain for 15 months to study an International MBA at IE Business School. And now, after a year of searching for the perfect development job, and taking odd jobs in the meantime, I have joined the Peace Corps and am volunteering again. So wish me luck, and PLEASE someone stop me from volunteering again!

Saturday, June 1, 2013

Sundays in Susuma

So I as wrote many many moons ago, I am working on Sundays to give financial management workshops in a community near the Matagalpa dump. We have done several that have been quite well attended and have even moved on to other topics such as nutricion, sexual and reproductive health, women's rights, and now we are going to do a special workshop for mothers to learn how to incorporate soy into their families diets... despite the flack that bean has been getting, it is still a cheap source of protein and milk. We have been able to hold the workshops in the evangelical church, which is run by one of my previous student's grandmothers. I have been really enjoying this project because even though it is business related, I have been able to get other volunteers involved and we have all felt very rewarded and welcomed in this community. Here are some pictures!!!!