Saturday, September 19, 2009

MORE PHOTOS! :) Kind of out of order ... :)

Eating at a local place at EL Conde in Santo Dom. (Kind of a throw back picture now)
My Constanza host family!




Crossing the teenie tiny bridge...



Times in Constanza

About half of the group. The other half was resting after the 300 steps (not an exaggeration!!) we had to climb. This photo makes me realize how small I really am.
Me, Spring, and Gitana!

Donny with his host brother and my host sister, Gali


I cannot believe that I have been in Constanza for a week already! Constanza is everything that people said it would be. In the early morning hours and late at night temperatures drop to as low as 30 and 40 degrees. During the day, there is a constant cool breeze, which I absolutely love. The people here are also really sweet and and endearing. My host family here is really sweet. I have 2 host sisters (one is 13 and the other is 16). We get along really well and often have talent shows and sing along to Selena and Michael Jackson. Yesterday some volunteers and I went to the basketball courts to play basketball with one of the youth groups. Jenny and I were the only females playing so we were representing the ladies!



Last week my group and I presented our community diagnostic. I thought it went really well and it got me excited for the weeks to come. My group and I will be working with an eco-club for the duration of the time that we will be in Costanza. The group, though really small, (only 3 members) is really .



Last week, a bunch of us went to La Presa ( a river).We had to cross over tons of rocks and a really sketchy bridge to get there, but it was lots of fun. The water was freezing cold, but the spot was really beautiful and not to mention really really clean.



The river was surrounded by moutains and tons of green which just made it somewhere to relax and enjoy nature!



Here are some photos of the river trip !

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Here are some photos of my volunteer visit to the Batey. Enjoy!

the kids and I in front of Alison´s home
Me and Olgah, Alison´s project partner.

Off to Constanza

Today marked the end of CORE training for our group of 48 aspiring PCV´s. Tomorrow we will begin CBT where we will spend the next 5 weeks with other members of our program (in my case YOUTH). I am really excited about living in Constanza for 5 weeks because I have heard nothing but wonderful things about it. Mountains, cooler climate, fresh fruits, waterfalls, etc. Finally, after hearing so much about it, myself along with the other 15 youth development promoters will finally be in Constanza. We will be introduced to our new host families, meet our youth groups, and begin working more specifically in terms of youth and community development. Not to mention, we will get a break from this HEAT! I have been told that the barrio we will be living in will have internet accessibility to I will definitely update you all once I am there!