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If you thought Peace Corps was all fun no paperwork, guess again!  Here is one of the recent ¨success story¨ work reports I submitted.  Note heavy use of international development buzzwords like ¨grassroots¨ and ¨sustainable¨ and ¨dissemination of information¨. If … Continue reading →

Im a proud Nicaraguan home-owner!!!!!!!!! Actually I rent. But having my own area will be an incredible change anyways.  The house is what you might call a fixer upper, but I still don’t think it is as bad as the … Continue reading →

As part of one of the grants that I recently got, I have been building ovens for a womens group in my community that I started.  I unfortunately have no pictures of the oven building due to data loss.  However, … Continue reading →

As part of my increasing involvement with the hydraulic ram pumps, I went out to help a great (and now conspicuously absent) friend and agriculture volunteer to help her install a hydraulic ram pump for one of the producers in … Continue reading →

May 15th marks the celebration of the patron saint of La Danta, San Isidro.  He is the patron of (who else?) farmers!  The patron saint celebrations are ubiquitous throughout Nicaragua and range in size and debauchery depending on the size … Continue reading →

As part of my work I have been working with my INTA counterpart with a few families in the area about making family gardens, using drip irrigation systems, and most recently, promoting chicken vaccination at the start of the rainy … Continue reading →

The vacation I took with my grandparents this last 10 days was nothing less than amazing.  The only problem (which I did not think would be a big deal) is getting readjusted to Peace Corps living.  Im not talking about … Continue reading →

Sometimes I make biofertilizers… This is a project I started that uses cow manure, sugar, milk, and leaves to make organic fertilizer by fermenting it in these special containers made painstakingly by me, Samuel L Jackson. Sometimes I set up … Continue reading →

Well, there comes a point in every persons life when they just need a fucking vacation.  I believe that I reached that point about 2 months ago.  But as the 1 year anniversary of my departure from the greatest country … Continue reading →