Happy equinox greetings to all, be it spring or fall!
The training pace has really picked up this month, hence fewer posts. Now we´re all about to depart for "Long Field Practice." Next week, in groups of 4-6 trainees plus language teachers and trainers, we´ll travel to various parts of the country. Each group will settle in one community for the whole week to work with a current volunteer in his/her site, and each of us will live with a host family during our visit. I´ll be in a group destined for Yhu (Guarani for "black water" or "black river"), a small town about 230 km from Asuncion (east and north). I´d include a link to the area/town but in the short time I have online I can´t find a good site in English :) We´ll be working at an elementary school and giving presentations on dental health. We´ll also be helping the volunteer introduce the students to the school´s new library (Yaay!), and conduct reading evaluations. More later....and still so far, so good in Paraguay!
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Hi Denise! How's the world economic crisis impacting there? Here I was saddened to see that on March 18th Libraries for the Future announced it was closing, According to AmerLib article it is an economic decision. I was looking at their site, where nothing confirms this noticia, and noticed that Hagar Shirman, a LFF program manager, is a recent Simmons graduate and honoree. What a shame!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your new adventures and marvel at your connectivity in the outback/jungle. Tried to find something useful on Yhu to post for you, but was unsuccessful!
Hello DD - Miss Claire gave me the info. to find you, so here I am. But, more importantly, there you are ! This all sounds terrific and a great fit for you. I'll look forward to trying to keep up with you. Put in the back of your mind a possible visit from T & me next Fall - it's a definite 'maybe' but worth thinking about.
ReplyDeleteThis is all so exciting - excelsior!!