It has been far too long since I last posted, and I realize that the last few posts have only been talking about my birthday celebrations. While I would like to let you all think that life here at PC Nicaragua is all party all the time, there is a considerable amount of work that does get done, and most recently, quite a few workshops that take place as well.
I was recently in Selva Negra (which is an eco-lodge here in Matagalpa) to receive a two day workshop with one of my counterpart teachers who is new to the course. All of the volunteers from SBD56 were there with one or more counterparts as well. We had a great time catching up, but more fun talking with teachers about their experiences, and learning together new ways of working/teaching the material better. It was also great to get to spend time with our counterparts away from life and all of its responsibilites, and really get to know the people we work side-by-side with.
In addition to classes and the planning we do with counterpart teachers, all SBD PCVs also do some business advising for small businesses in our communities. This past weekend, we held a small business incubator for 22 small business owners that were nominated by fellow PCVs. I was lucky enough to take a lead role in organizing the event, and am happy to say that it was a success. Granted, it had a few glitches, but overall, the business owners had a great time, and I have some great ideas to make it that much better next year.
Next week, I will be giving a workshop to several teachers here in Matagalpa about upcoming topics in the curriculum that are especially difficult to teach, followed by a charla for the newest PC Nicaragua group SBD 59! Bienvenidos! It has been a busy couple of weeks, and it looks like its just going to stay that way. But I feel productive and proud of what we are accomplishing, so that makes working long hours that much better!
So here are a bunch of pictures from all of the above mentioned activities. I know that what you all want to see anyways hahaha. Love you all and keep making good choices!
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| My homegirl Yessica and I |
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| Fellow PCVs Presenting |
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| Aleia, this girl is funny... seriously |
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| Zacaragua and I |
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| Good looking volunteers I say |
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| Me and the Muelle de Los Buyes Boys |
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| My Counterpart Alfredo and I |
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| Michaela and I celebrating one year in country! |
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| Biz Incubator hotel |
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| Biz Incubator Intro |
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| Business Presentations (I am taking notes hehe) |
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| There was no cell signal, and yet people kept looking.. | . |
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| Working hard! |
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| Kayro the dog! Reminded me of my puppy! |
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| Erlinda a small business owner from El Sauce. I bought this pine needle basket from her! |
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| Ricardo and I! |
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| How beautiful right? Can't believe we are near Managua right? |
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| The whole group! |
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| Two of my admirers, too bad they were both too young haha. |
More to come soon!!!!
Looks like you have been busy. Glad to hear things went well with your workshops and love the beautiful basket that you purchased. Can't wait to see you stateside for a well deserved vacation!
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