Pre-Service Training

To get a better idea of my schedule, here's something we were shown before arriving.  Weeks 1-3 we spend in Chaclacayo with our host family, going to the training center each day.  Week 4: Field based training. Unfortunately I will miss the celebration of my neighborhood's anniversary and host brothers birthday I think. Health group …

Training/First Week Down!

My days are quite busy. We have training from 8am-5pm Mon-Fri. Even on the Peruvian holidays! ¡Qué horror! I live in a neighborhood that's about a 45 minute walk away from the training center. We could take the combi but then we'd be using 1 sol a day, not getting any exercise, and being squished …

How I Live

Big news- I luckily have wifi at my house! My shower has a hot water attachment too and there's a laundry machine. Talk about Posh Corps! Other volunteers' living situations are varied. A lot don't have wifi while it seems like a lot do. Some have their own bathrooms, some share with the family, some …

Let Girls Learn!

62 million girls around the world do not have access to education. Peace Corps is combating this with the Let Girls Learn (LGL) initiative that was launched in March 2015 in collaboration with the Office of the First Lady. 36 out of the 140 PC countries have LGL. Program Goal: Adolescent girls and young women (ages 10-24) are …

First few days in Peru!

Safely arrived! (after 24+ hrs of travel...) I left home last Monday to go to Philadelphia for a two day staging event. It's a brief intro to Peace Corps (PC) expectations and rules, etc. Usually they are only one day/five hours of info but ours was extended to two days/18 hrs. We are the first group …