 Rani, Amelia, and Ben outside of Ben’s house in Maria Aurora Catazacon Hannah and Elena have been having a wonderful time in Catazacon getting to know and love our families, our school, and our community. This week we began to teach additional English classes that are open to anyone in the community, which have […]
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After successful completion of a beautiful new classroom, we finished hand-building 12 shiny new desks. Then our final celebration brought many new experiences, such as performing a traditional Luhya dance for the whole community with the students of Munjiti. Then the gift giving began…chickens were given to Laurel and Kate and Sam, and our local
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While participating in the Global Routes’ Nepal Trip in the summer of 2010, I was inspired by many things. Not only did the dedication of my teammates encourage me to work as hard as I could, but the dedication of the children and the love I received from my host-families made my experience in Nepal
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Maria Aurora Sunday night we went to the house of our in-country contact, Raul, to meet our host parents and have a great potluck dinner. Everyone left with their families and began the next phase of our trip, and the one that will take up the majority of our time here. So far, Ben, Rani,
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We just finished a full week of work on the classroom and teaching practice. As of today, the classroom renovations have been finished and painted. This is in part due to the wonderful work ethic of the interns and also to the incredible involvement from the community. All of the masons and construction workers helping
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