Early "Winter" in Photos

Becca's story was beginning to tell itself in photos, but she figured that probably wasn't the worst thing that could happen. (Photos from: Día de Logro, Camp VALOR, and a friend's wedding!)

Progress

            Becca sat at her desk and glancing at the time found that it was already nearly noon. She wondered absently where the morning had gone but really more importantly, what the bejeezus had just happened. She was exhausted and honestly working on what was going to be a spectacular headache but underneath all of that was this beautiful feeling of accomplishment.

            She had her very first committee meeting for her Healthy Homes project. People showed up, were interested, stayed the whole time, and had a discussion about the possible problems and good points of the project. Granted only four people saw her presentation but eventually more came and eventually they talked.

            She would have to have another meeting to present to more authorities but she found that once she had some of these people on board, she had help with getting more. They had shown genuine interest, they’d told her her ideas were not only valuable but crucial, they’d laughed at her jokes.

            It took nearly seven months and a site-mate, but dan it if things weren’t coming together. Now it was just a year of constant work for the project plus all of the same things for her second and third projects. No big. She took a breath and reveled in a moment of progress.

Photo Dump!

After a week-long training with her socio and friend, Janeth, Becca was encouraged to look through Janeth's photos, upload, and edit them so that she could post them on her blog. So...she did that...

She discovered that Janeth not only had photos from the training, but also from her entire six months in site, including the day her and Lily's host moms picked them up and took them to Cruz:

 Meeting the kids in a local school:

Doing House Visits with Moms and Kids:

Teaching an HIV/AIDS class:

Teaching the district's health professionals how to effectively work with youth:

And from the training there were photos of Becca and other volunteers building Improved Cooking Stoves:

(Broken glass, salt, and sugar are added to one layer to promote a heat concentration under the burners)

Hanging out at the Statue of Liberty...

Chatting with local youth about anything and everything:

Nutrition Class:

And a wonderful final dinner with her lovely volunteer and socio friends!