On Tuesday of this week, the mayor came to Sede 1 to present
us with several hundred new tablets for the school. The ceremony was a big deal
and lots of families, students, and teachers were present. Government officials
and school administrators spoke. Successful athletes from our school shook
hands with the mayor and, after the ceremony, we celebrated the Colombian way,
with lots of music! Students from our school performed traditional dances (cumbia) and singers from the community
had everyone dancing to their urban songs and raps. My school appears to have a
lot of wonderful technological resources. I hope we have a chance to
incorporate them into our teaching…
- If you’ve never tried pitahaya
(dragonfruit), you definitely should. You just cut off the ends of the yellow
outside, cut down the middle, and scoop out the translucent fruit with the
black seeds. It’s a beautiful and delicious fruit. It’s also great if your
digestive system isn’t working so well, which my host family reminds me every
time I bring home a pitahaya from the
farmer’s market. “No, Mom, I’m fine – I just like dragonfruit.”
- If you have the opportunity, try to help other volunteers
with their projects. I helped the volunteer at the school near my house work at
his granja on Saturday and had so
much fun! I spent most of the time filling bags with sawdust/rice compost,
while answering American culture questions students asked me. Yay, Goal 2!
- Peace Corps Colombia has a number of committees volunteers
can join, including ones for Gender in Development, Diversity, and Health and
Environment. I’m on the Gender in Development committee, which is the one that
helps with camps like Camps GLOW and HERO, and all of the committees work on
different project and help make service more productive and interesting by
bringing together a group of people interested in the same types of projects.
So, if you have the time (and trust me, you will), consider joining a
committee.
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