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My internship in Peru: Visiting a Sponsor Child - Part One
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Thursday, March 22, 2012. Visiting a Sponsor Child - Part One. Several weeks ago, my Dad's cousin went for dinner at our house in Ottawa, and they ended up talking about the fact that I am in Peru, about the type of work that I am doing, etc. My Dad's cousin (Rod) told my Dad that he was actually sponsoring a child through Compassion Canada. What does she like doing? The plan for...
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My internship in Peru: First weekend getaway: Churín
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Monday, September 26, 2011. First weekend getaway: Churín. I hope you all had a great weekend, enjoying the last of September 2011! We checked in (for only $12 USD/night each) and then set off to explore the town. Our hotel in Churín: Las Amazonas. The view from our hotel room. And she got a back massage. It felt AMAZING. On our way out we met out friends Angel and Carmen...Itxel...
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My internship in Peru: November is a month for changes
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Saturday, November 19, 2011. November is a month for changes. Oh yes - I almost forgot to mention that they are redoing the two streets on either side of our house. The work has been going on for about a month, and they have finished redoing the sidewalks and leveling the ground to put in asphalt, so hopefully that will be done soon, because there has been SO MUCH DUST! Life Afte...
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My internship in Peru: Visiting a Sponsor Child - Part Two
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Tuesday, April 17, 2012. Visiting a Sponsor Child - Part Two. Sorry it has taken me so long to update my blog. If you remember a few weeks ago, I mentioned that I was going to visit my dad's cousin's sponsor child in Visiting a Sponsor Child - Part One. Here is part 2 of that story, detailing how my day went visiting Jackeline. I met Soledad, the Compassion. Kids learn about life...
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My internship in Peru: A hectic Monday morning
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Monday, March 19, 2012. A hectic Monday morning. Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization. Another wonderful experience has landed on my lap. When I got home, the floors had been cleaned. FINALLY. You can read a bit about my living circumstances here. I'm off to bed for now, but I'll be sure to update you soon - the next two days are bound to be action-packed! 100 facts on Machu Pi...
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My internship in Peru: My busy month of November
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Wednesday, November 30, 2011. My busy month of November. I'll take a few minutes to update you on my life - a bit behind schedule, but that's okay (better late than never, right? The beginning of November was pretty quiet in my life (although quite hectic everywhere around me - see my last blogpost. The reason for this trip to Lima was actually to write three public service entra...
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My internship in Peru: My work at EMAPA Huacho
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Monday, October 17, 2011. My work at EMAPA Huacho. So, what am I actually. Doing for my field placement? As most of you may know, I am currently completing an 8-month field placement in Huacho, Peru. But what else? Answering questions at the end of my presentation. This experience is allowing me to critically analyze the realities of a water utility in a development context and t...
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My internship in Peru: Happy 137th birthday Huacho!
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Thursday, November 10, 2011. Happy 137th birthday Huacho! So today, November 10th, it is the 137th anniversary of the city of Huacho. For the past week there have been parades, music and dancing shows, a huge bingo in the central square (that lasted 8 hours - we did not last that long though), culinary festivals, and even bull fighting! Here are a few clips from the event:. Minis...
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My internship in Peru: Trip to Trujillo
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Friday, October 21, 2011. Hello again, and happy Friday! I hope you are all having a wonderful week. Last weekend I went on a wonderful trip to Trujillo with Itxel and Carlos, and I have promised to write about it to tell you all about my time up north, so here goes! All week Itxel and I knew that we wanted to go away for the weekend somewhere. Lima perhaps? The next morning, Car...
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My internship in Peru: My first month working at the Ministry of Environment
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My internship in Peru. Chronicles of the preparation and planning of my trip to Peru as well as of my 227 day field placement. Thursday, March 1, 2012. My first month working at the Ministry of Environment. Well, as promised, here is part 2 of the long overdue on what I've been up since the New Year. Yesterday. And the best part about it: only 9 blocks (or 900 metres) away from work! A marinera dancer parades through the streets on the Saturday afternoon parade. Justina and I at the parade. And that ever...
