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Ecuador Teaching Internship: Updates from our Communities!

Catazacon A lot has happened since the last time we wrote…Although Hannah went solo for a few days at the school because Elena had some stomach issues, everything went smoothly. We completed “The Family” unit in our English classes as well as continued with after school community sessions. As for our independent project, we attended

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Update from Hannah on behalf of the Catazacon clan!

  Elena and I had a very busy weekend in Catazacon. It started with us traveling to the river (about a 30 minute walk) with a few of our oldest students and spending the afternoon swimming and diving. Our students showed us the ropes in fruit picking on our way back to the village…We’ve found

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Our Triumphant Ascent of Mt. Elgon

After climbing over 6000 ft in 2 days, we all reached the moorland summit of Mt. Elgon! The hike up was amazing, beginning in banana farms, coffee plantations, and ascending to jungle then strange moorland with Dr. Seuss-esque bushes, fragrant wildflowers, and mist rising out of the 2.4 million year old crater. The weather was kind to us as

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