Arrival
Sybelle VanAntwerp is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in Magdalena, Colombia. – Just get to your community, I tell myself. First quietly, inside my head. Yet as I […]
Woven Words
Yosili Amador is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Atlántico, Colombia. – Ay mi Colombia hermosa! Mi dulce pesadilla. Every day te vivo pero sometimes […]
35k Bike Ride in Dibulla, La Guajira
Alexandra Chavarriaga is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in La Guajira, Colombia. – Title: 35k Bike Ride in Dibulla, La Guajira On my 30th birthday, I decided to […]
A Healthy Body for the Right Mind
Gabe Levy is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Bolívar, Colombia. – Having just passed the one-year marker in country, I am familiar with […]
Thyme and Again
Belen Castillo is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Atlántico, Colombia. – When I first started looking at different Peace Corps posts, I definitely did […]
The Kids Are Alright
Paul LaMancusa Jr. is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Bolívar, Colombia. – The kids don’t care if you didn’t leave your house that day. […]
Serendipitous Self-Care
Chaney Skadsen is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Bolívar, Colombia. – We’re all in the same boat here: foreigners in a new pueblo, around […]
A Love Letter to my Local Mall
Maya Sadagopal is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Sucre, Colombia. They say you always want what you can’t have. Though we frequently apply this […]
Sway
Cutter Ulhorn is a Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer serving in a pueblo in La Guajira, Colombia. – I. Life It is night, and along the mountains is […]
Pueblo Ratatouille
Helena Vonk is a Returned Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer who served in a pueblo in Magdalena, Colombia. – Para comprar: 1 Cabeza de ajo 2 Cebollas blancas 3 […]
Book Colored Lenses
Kaleb Rogers is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in Atlántico, Colombia. – People talk a lot about self-care in the Peace Corps, doing things that keep you […]
Resiliency in the Pueblo
Angelica Richardson is a Returned Practical English for Success (PES) volunteer who served in a pueblo in Magdalena, Colombia. – Resiliency in the pueblo Throughout my service, I’ve had difficult […]
Integration Through a Shared Love
Isaac Ehlers is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in a pueblo in Bolívar, Colombia. – I remember being in first grade, eager to get to school early so I […]
Colombia’s Independence Day Celebration in Dibulla
Alexandra Chavarriaga is a Community Economic Development (CED) volunteer serving in La Guajira, Colombia. – My first Independence Day celebration in Colombia as a Colombian-American was on July 20th, […]
Sancocho: A Recipe for Community Building
– Sybelle VanAntwerp and Ivette Aguilar are Community Economic Development (CED) volunteers serving in pueblos in Sucre, Colombia and Magdalena, Colombia, respectively. The original version of this article was a […]
