Archives: Fellow Updates
My Year Summarized (Video)
Jayshawn Anderson
2013-04-23
Take a look at my year captured in four minutes.
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Feeling Fine with Time on the Mind
Avery Ashwill
2013-04-23
You learn a lot in a school year, but I’ve learned more about myself in the last seven months than I ever did sitting in any one of my high school classes. (Sorry, teachers everywhere.) Over the summer of 2012 I has all these great plans for my future. I’m going to go to Brazil,...
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An Observational Blog Post: We Are Lucky
Sam Reeve
2013-04-23
An Observational Blog: Greetings, my family and friends, from the lungs of the Earth. Recently at work a few co-workers and I engaged in a conversation regarding teen pregnancy, a very common phenomenon in Ecuador, and subsequent marriage at a very young age. In many places, including some back in the United States, teen pregnancy carries a...
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Winter/Spring Update
Sam Reeve
2013-04-23
Hola desde Ecuador! Let me get the elephant out of the room: I’ve been worse and worse with communication as the year has progressed because I am so happy and content with my life here that I practically fear communication with people on the “other” America. So I’m extremely sorry for my absence from the e-blogging...
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As My Time Winds Down
Carrie Hamilton
2013-04-23
As I sit here in the Runa office in Archidona, I cannot help but feel the panic bubbling up in my chest: my time in Napo comes to an end in just a mere two weeks. All that has happened over the past six months and all of the people that I have met here in...
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A New Year’s Tradition
Sydni Heron
2013-04-23
New Year´s Day is filled with tradition. One of my favorite Ecuadorian traditions is the burning of muñecas. Every household makes a lifesize muñeca (doll) or more than one to represent the old year. The muñeca can be a famous figure (like The Hulk or your favorite telenovela character), someone your know (see pictures number...
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