Archive for January, 2007

Advice, thoughts and feelings about the Peace Corps

January 31st, 2007 by lewis_aw.

PLEASE READ, HELP A GUY OUT. Hello everyone, my name is Aaron and I am a junior in civil engineering right now at the University of Idaho. The other day I sat down and thought long and hard about what i want to do after college is all over and done with. I had heard [...]

Senegal/urban ag.

January 27th, 2007 by snowy.

After nearly a year of waiting I’ve been assigned a country and have received an invitation kit…urban agriculture in Senegal. Does anyone know any specifics about this? More importantly, I have the barest, most minimal, tiniest knowledge of anything agricultural. I don’t even have plants in my house. I volunteered in an organic garden for [...]

laptops

January 27th, 2007 by benisa.

I’m planning on going to Costa Rica this March to work as a rural community development volunteer. Jusging from the comments on other PCVs blogs and chats with returned volunteeers, a lot of people are really happy they brought along their laptops. Is it worthwhile to buy a cheap laptop for the Peace Corps or [...]

Ecuador June ‘07

January 25th, 2007 by namastekelly.

I have accepted an invitation to go to Ecuador for a rural health program in June! If anyone is there, has been there, or is going there in June then I would love to hear from you! Please email me at: Kelseacows@aol.com Kelly PS: If anyone has any suggestions/encouragement about learning spanish, please let me know!

Guatemala RPCV

January 19th, 2007 by wlerik.

I worked in Xela in the late 1980s.  My friend, Harry Danvers still lives there.  If you are in Xela, look him up.  We have a website with his art and a few of my photographs at http://www.guatemalan-art.com/  I have a brand new blog at  http://wlerik.wordpress.com/   It is not Peace Corps focused, but I am planning [...]