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Timeline – Corps Close-Up
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A Peace Corps Journey from Jordan to Colombia. Because I found other blogs timelines exceedingly helpful during my application process, I kept track of my own. There is a line break between my COS of my service in Jordan and my reapplication. Note: because of my status as a PCJordan Evacuee, I did not have to re-interview or do some of the other steps of the application process, this sped up my application. September 2013 –. Began speaking with PC recruiters and attending PC events. Researched each post:...
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A coastal Colombia Christmas | this brianna hope| a blog about life in Peace Corps Colombia
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A coastal Colombia Christmas. In the United States, at least in the Midwest, there are several signs that Christmas is coming:. Lights arrive at Target in September and October, around the same time as the hats, mittens, and gloves (that way you can get them up before the roof’s just a sheet of snow and ice). As soon as November 1, marketing at all stores is all about Christmas. Mint and gingerbread-flavored things appear. That one oldies station starts playing non-stop Christmas music. Día de las Velitas.
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Service Archives | this brianna hope
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An Eco-Tour on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. As Peace Corps Volunteers, the development that we strive to do is community-based. It’s all about working with the community to identify their priorities, identify their assets, and use the assets to work on their priorities. This totally isn’t a Peace Corps term, but it’s essentially about using different analysis tools to answer the 5 […]. March 8, 2017. If you give a kid a camera…. February 10, 2017. A year in Colombia. January 11, 2017. January 9, 2017.
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Students who choose to learn | this brianna hope| a blog about life in Peace Corps Colombia
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Students who choose to learn. To learn. (Okay, so this is true no matter what culture/circumstance I am in.). These are people who spent as many as 3 hours a week with me learning English. Some of them are interested in learning to open up job opportunities. About 10 of them sell goods at a weekly craft fair and want to have the skills to be able to talk to the occasional tourists who come by. Some of them want to be able to travel. Some just plain want to learn. FOR WHEN MY BLOG IS UPDATED! I'm Brianna ...
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Peace Corps Archives | this brianna hope
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An Eco-Tour on the Caribbean Coast of Colombia. As Peace Corps Volunteers, the development that we strive to do is community-based. It’s all about working with the community to identify their priorities, identify their assets, and use the assets to work on their priorities. This totally isn’t a Peace Corps term, but it’s essentially about using different analysis tools to answer the 5 […]. March 8, 2017. If you give a kid a camera…. February 10, 2017. Hope for the hopeless. January 27, 2017. This post is...
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A year in Colombia | this brianna hope| a blog about life in Peace Corps Colombia
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A year in Colombia. A year ago today I arrived in Colombia. To begin my journey with Peace Corps. A year ago today I left Wisconsin to get to Miami; what follows is just as true! I was calmer than I had expected to be, only nervous about what my host family would be like. I sweat a lot, the 100 degree shift from January in Wisconsin to January on the Caribbean coast not sitting well with my body. But neither did the air conditioner in the hotel, set to 16 – which in Fahrenheit is 61. I had never heard of...
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Colombia 101 | this brianna hope| a blog about life in Peace Corps Colombia
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Thanks for the pic, Google Maps. Colombia’s history is rich and complex; what follows is a super-simple recap of the most important events that led to Colombia being what it is now. It continued (my way is better than your way! Colombia lived in peace for a few years…then in 1948 the Liberal leader was assassinated, and his people took up arms, starting what is known as. The Violence). It was extra bloody, leaving 300,000 dead – one of the deadliest wars in the western Hemisphere. In 1953 t...Around this...
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Personal Archives | this brianna hope
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The women who’ve been inspiring me lately. I am constantly being inspired by other women. Here are some of the things that women have done recently that have just killed me with their perfection, that have inspired me to do and be and create better. These are listed in absolutely no particular order. Terrible, Thanks For Asking is a podcast that talks about […]. January 13, 2017. You, too, can have global citizenship. January 9, 2017. November 25, 2016. Here’s a story about last night. I was fa...If you ...
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Colombia Archives | this brianna hope
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Music Monday: Twister “el rey”. There are four main styles of music popular here on the Caribbean coast of Colombia: vallenato, salsa, reggaetón, and champeta. If you’ve been following along, I’ve written about vallenato before. Salsa you might be familiar with from dancing or watching people dance. Reggaetón is popular in the United States (at least with Spanish-speakers), although if you’re my mom, you’re probably like “reggae what? A ton […]. March 13, 2017. March 8, 2017. March 3, 2017. It’s th...
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Music Monday: Andrés Cepeda | this brianna hope| a blog about life in Peace Corps Colombia
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Music Monday: Andrés Cepeda. A couple weeks ago, I published the first in a series of three posts. About the coaches of. The Voice: Teen) about the group ChocQuibTown, the group I was already most familiar with. Today comes the second in the series, which will focus on Andrés Cepeda. Cepeda started out in the 90’s in a band with some friends from his youth. After 8 years together, they broke up and Cepeda continued his musical career as a solo artist – a very successful one. In 2012, Cepeda’s album.
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