All the ways to drop dead- Some common superstitions of Dominicans
My Dona has also been teaching me how to cook rice, beans, yucca, peas, potatoes, coffee, vegetables, chicken, and more. She has showed...
Tierra Prieta - My Site Full of Possibilities
Tierra Prieta. These two words literally mean brown earth. Tierra Preita is the name of my site in the moutains outside of San Juan,...
Let’s Do It!: Site Assignment and Wrapping Up CBT
This past week I was lucky enough to visit my first Dominican beach, find out my site assignment for the next two years, wrap up my women...
Struggles and Successes of Peace Corps Training
This past week my to-be swear in group has lost three people. Before starting my Peace Corps service I did not even know really what...
Getting To Know My Initiatives
In the last week I had my second Hogares Saludables meeting and my first Escojo Mi Vida meeting. These two initiatives are the two...
Getting My Hands Dirty- Community Based Training
I cannot believe that I have already been in the Dominican Republic for a month! I seems like in some ways I have been here for years and...
Volunteer Visit
This past weekend (from Thursday to Sunday) I was lucky enough to travel to a campo (rural town) near San Juan. On Thursday, it was time...
What I have learned about Dominican culture
In this blog post I am going to attempt to share what I have learned so far about Dominican culture. In many ways it is different from...
My First Full Week
I am one of the few very lucky people in my program to have internet at my host family’s house (who I will be living with for this first...
I am here! (Safe and happy)
I have finally arrived in the Dominican Republic! After over a year of applying and planning for this grand adventure I have made it to...
