Our group had a glorious weekend together, reconnecting, sharing stories, and enjoying some longed for spagetti dinners and time in town! We gathered in the Kakamega Forrest where we slept at the Bandas, proceeds from which support local forest ecology education for the schools in Kenya. We enjoyed some local dance and storytelling and hiked in the forest, while some […]
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News from Catazacon… (courtesy of Elena) Hannah and I have had a wonderful week back to school in Catazacon. On Monday Hannah took on the children by herself while I went to Corazon with Juliana and her 3-year-old daughter, Valentina, to have a cesarean. As it turned out, we have to wait a week, but
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We just spoke with Laurel and she gave us a brief update… She just finished visiting all the interns in their villages and everyone is doing well! The schools are now in the midst of exams which is a very important time in the life of secondary students. Interns are integrating into this new phase
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Courtesy of Hannah… Elena and I both agree that last week was our favorite week in Ecuador so far. Although we have been loving the teaching aspect of the Global Routes Program, we got a vacation from the school for 5 days that allowed us to spend all of our time with our host families.
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I visited all the students in their villages this week and can tell you that there is a lot of action! Students are teaching life skills, math, chemistry, biology and many more subjects…giving great relief to some overworked Kenyan teachers who are highly underpaid or not paid at all, and also bringing a lot of
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