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Connecting with the World through international development.

In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua
Clinic days in Chinandega, Nicaragua

(Part 2 of 3. Part 1. Part 3.) Seeing the world just a little more clearly. Through the provision of simple reading glasses, parents leave…

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In International Development/ Water Wells
the independence of it

We drive through the deserted streets of Bethel, Nicaragua. They are potholed and rutted and they appear to serve more to delineate the rows…

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In Explore/ Guatemala/ International Development
Let me be your eyes.

In the Guatemala highlands, this is what I see. I see Quechua mothers donning beautiful hand-embroidered blouses, bearing swaddled babies on their backs, and…

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In International Development/ Water Wells
the eye witness account of it

I am nervous. I am not sure why. Or is it excitement disguised as nerves? Either way, I am sweating profusely. The dust we…

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In Explore/ Guatemala/ International Development
What a Smile Sounds Like

It is said that 90% of communication is nonverbal. Nevertheless, with a when in Rome attitude, I ask our local translator the Mam word…

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In Explore/ Guatemala/ International Development
No Cavity Club

I have mostly fond memories of visiting the dentist as a child. My mom always took me for ice cream afterwards, I always, always, left…

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In Explore/ Guatemala/ International Development
Much to Smile About

Earlier this year, we celebrated the construction of a new school in the community of Tuimuj. In the coming months we will be kicking…

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In Bolivia/ Explore/ International Development
The Bounty of Bolivia

Not only do we bear witness to, but we also reap the rewards (through multiple taste test opportunities) of the women cooperativos who have…

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In Ecuador/ Explore/ International Development
Monkeys and gators and snakes, oh my!

Located four hours downstream from where binocular-toting tourists board boats to discover the gifts that the Amazon has to offer, the Siona indigenous people…

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In Explore/ International Development/ Nicaragua
A little breathing room

I recently ventured into Nicaragua’s Bosawas biosphere reserve. It is here in the remote rainforest that I witness the quiet simplicity of a subsistence…

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