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In October 2001, I set out to be an environmental educator in rural Paraguay in the Peace Corps. I was assigned to Enramadita,
Tavai, Caazapa where I planted trees with youth and community groups, facilitated teacher workshops, taught basic English,
and drank the local tea called terere with my Paraguayan friends. After 2 years in the interior of the country, I moved to
the capital to work in the Peace Corps office as a volunteer coordinator working on promoting the use of ICTs (information
and communication technologies) such as radio, computer, and video. Here are a few photos from my 3 and half years of service.
| Our community park |
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| San Isidro Labrador Community Park, Nov 2004 |
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| The trees are much taller than me now, in 2005 |
The tree I'm standing next to is a native species called yvyra pyta, which means red wood in Guarani. The youth group
planted these trees in the first few months that I was in Enramadita, around Feb 2002. The community park was an on-going
project during my service to plant and maintain native and exotic trees to create a community natural space.
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| Beautification project with the youth. Eucalyptus and native tajy trees along the main road. |
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| My English class students meet in my house for a final review before their exam. |
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| Lily, Michey, Michey's cousin Regis and I hiked up the hills near the National Park in Tavai |
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| 3rd graders posing with their birdmasks we made for the National Festival of Birds |
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| 2nd grade students hold up their toothbrushes, part of the dental health campaign |
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| The men in the community built this bridge to get access to their fields. |
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| Youth from the neighborhood youth group gather at my house for a meeting |
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| Making "chipa" with my neighbors during holy Easter Week. Chipa are like corn & cheese bagels |
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| Cooling off in the summer in the nearby creek Tajay. Here we are under the bridge (i mean log) |
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| Two hemispheres collide when my parents visit my community for my wedding |
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| I visited Heather's cooperative in the Chaco where they received donated computers for admin. |
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| Partipants of the July AOL/Peace Pack Projects Workshop holding their certificates |
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| Here Lalo Gonzalez talks to volunteers and their contacts about hardware maintenance at a workshop |
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