My Youth Choose Their Lives
I have been giving hourly talks weekly since the last week of February to two groups of women and one group of youth in my community and...
Playdates
The last few weeks the neighbor kids have been coming over to my house in the evenings after I come home from my groups. We have been...
Dominican Food- From the Earth to my Mouth
I feel like a could write a whole book about food in the Dominican Republic, but I thought I should start with one blog. I am so lucky...
Semana Santa
This is a picture of the church in my community and a picture of the "masks" walking down the road with their whips and group of kids....
Lollipop- My new best friend
A couple of weeks ago I just got a new bundle of joy to welcome into my household- a salt and pepper grey bunny rabbit who I have named...
My Women Health Promoters- “Hogares Saludables” (Healthy Homes)
This past month I have been able to start my two women’s groups under the Peace Corp and Dominican partnered organization, Hogares...
My Motorcycle Rides
The Dominican Republic is one of (that I know of) three countries with the Peace Corps that allows their volunteers to ride motorcycles. ...
My Little Green House
The day that I came home from 3 month IST (the training in February) I moved into my new little green house. Having a strange housing...
Small Acts of Kindness
People always say. Oh just a smile can make someone’s day. Things that might me nothing to one person and they might forget the moment...
My Community Diagnostic
So these last three months, my first three months at site, I have not been allowed to start official Peace Corps initiatives. This...
