It has been an interesting transition. Less than two weeks ago I was an intern with the largest Christian development organization in the history of the universe, out of an office in the capital of the world’s largest superpower. Now I’m working with a small, exciting, chaotic start-up NGO in a town most people have [...]
Entries from February 25th, 2010
Building capacity, one dance move at a time
February 25th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Costa Rica, Education
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A different sort of spooky
February 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Costa Rica, The Great Outdoors
For the past four months, until last week, I was living in northeast Washington, D.C. in what was admittedly not the safest neighborhood. It’s the sort of neighborhood with a liquor store on every corner and bars on the windows of some homes. I eventually began venturing out at night on foot, but it was [...]
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Hello from the side of a volcano
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Travel
I am sitting at a small table beside a window in Casa Shalom, home of the Doziers and office for ADE. Outside, rain and fog; lots of it. On a clear day the window offers a vista of lush green rainforest, sprawling down into the valley and up the next volcanic ridge. The slope below [...]
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