In Explore/ Guatemala/ International Development/ Nicaragua Two Weeks, Two Countries, Two Projects I left home on May 1st to spend two weeks travelling in the highlands of Guatemala and northwest Nicaragua to visit projects funded by… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua By the Numbers In total, the dental brigade treated 320 patients, pulled 769 teeth, and completed 72 fillings in the 4 communities we visited. Though the smiles… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua Lessons Learned For ten days, The Who gave us a peek into their lives. We certainly felt a part of the communities we visited, yet we… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua Comfortable On our way out of the Bosawas, our final stop is in Yakalpanani. The weather is still a mix of sun and rain. The… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua The Who Although I do my best to convey my experiences through writing, it is the people that I am fortunate enough to meet that actually… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua Pamkawas On our final Friday in the Bosawas, we took the boats downriver for a day trip to set up a clinic in the small… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua Two sides to Silvio Sylvio won my heart the first night at Casa Verde when he handed me the guitar, raised his eyebrows expectantly and nodded his chin… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua The Labour of Learning While in Walakitang, we inaugurate the new five-classroom secondary school, in which we held the dental clinic. Prior to secondary school construction here, children… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua Walaki-where? From my perch on the narrow edge of a long-river boat traveling down the Rio Coco, en route to the subsistence farming village of… Continue Reading →
In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua Have you met my friend(s)? “Have you met my friend?” This was the laboured and sleep-deprived response I received from Krystle when I, having abandoned my hammock sometime in… Continue Reading →
