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la vida de ricarme: July 2012
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. Building Homes and Hope in Haiti: Habitat for Humanity and the Carter Works Project. Dear Friends and Family,. For the past three years, I have worked in Family Services with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity, assisting families on their journey to homeownership. November, I will be taking a different route. in Haiti. Instead of financial counseling and application management, I will be swinging a hammer as a participant. Please join...
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la vida de ricarme: April 2011
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. New Leaders Council Atlanta. Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Volunteers,. It is my pleasure to invite you to attend a fundraiser benefitting the New Leaders Council, an organization formed to train and support the next generation of progressive political entrepreneurs. I had the honor to be selected as an NLC Fellow for the 2011 NLC Institute of Atlanta. To purchase tickets or contribute with a donation, please go our website:.
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la vida de ricarme: September 2007
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. 8230;to say NO to drugs! I recall the days of Officer Joe, his K-9, and his racing car back in the 5th grade at Rawlings. Well, I brought Officer Joe, or in this case Oficiales Sara y Maria del Carmen, to Jabillo and La Y Griega to educate kids from four rural schools in my area on drugs, violence, and the damage they can cause you or the people you love. Geared for children from 1st to 6th grade, we had 40 kids participate in t...
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la vida de ricarme: June 2008
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. A place called Paradise. After spending the past 27 months in the rural farmland of a paradise otherwise known as Costa Rica, I have returned to the U.S. of A. to be with my family. And maybe get a job to boot! Today marks two weeks since returning to Florida and somehow leaving unreliable electricity and water supply, cold showers, choke-on-dust roads (or waddle-in-mud, depending on the season) was a big challenge! I want to th...
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la vida de ricarme: A place called Paradise...
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. A place called Paradise. After spending the past 27 months in the rural farmland of a paradise otherwise known as Costa Rica, I have returned to the U.S. of A. to be with my family. And maybe get a job to boot! Today marks two weeks since returning to Florida and somehow leaving unreliable electricity and water supply, cold showers, choke-on-dust roads (or waddle-in-mud, depending on the season) was a big challenge! I want to th...
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). La gringa de Jabillo. Mari Builds} Carter Work Project - Part 1. Seguir a @Maricarmen SM. This is a Flickr badge showing public photos and videos from ricarme. Make your own badge here. Atlanta Habitat for Humanity. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.
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la vida de ricarme: New Leaders Council Atlanta
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. New Leaders Council Atlanta. Dear Friends, Colleagues, and Volunteers,. It is my pleasure to invite you to attend a fundraiser benefitting the New Leaders Council, an organization formed to train and support the next generation of progressive political entrepreneurs. I had the honor to be selected as an NLC Fellow for the 2011 NLC Institute of Atlanta. To purchase tickets or contribute with a donation, please go our website:.
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la vida de ricarme: June 2007
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. So back in April I had another visit from a PC Trainee, but this time I put her to work. As we raced from one meeting to another, Julia had a real dose of being a volunteer. Perhaps even a skewed dose, as I’m normally not that busy! We started with the Kindergarten fundraiser, then off to my Health Center Evaluation Meeting, which resulted (thank goodness! For the Aqueduct Association in Juan de León. Soccer games) in Las Pampas.
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la vida de ricarme: August 2007
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. So after the dismal result of the Semana Santa. Dance) in Jabillo, I can now report that when there is an entire community effort, my town actually knows how to throw a party! The previous dance was the product of a single person, who did not request collaboration from anyone and then later complained that no one helped! Needless to say, we didn’t make much money on that venture.). Or music group, Azul Plata. And of course, the.
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la vida de ricarme: {Mari Builds} Carter Work Project - Part 1
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La vida de ricarme. Memoirs of a Peace Corps Volunteer. and the life beyond. Mari Builds} Carter Work Project - Part 1. Reflections on a week Haiti, from the perspective of a Habitat for Humanity volunteer partnering with the Santo community of Léogâne to build 100 homes in less than a week.}. Families devastated by the 2010 earthquake and its aftermath. People resettled due to damages related to the earthquake. Survivors that remain homeless or displaced in Haiti today. Shockley and Willie Wilkerson.
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