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- Making Tamales with Nina Margarita
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Food and meals; Host families; Cooking -
Not long after arriving in Cuisnhuat I met a family with whom I had an immediate connection. They basically adopted me for the remainder of my service, inviting me for meals, introducing me to people, and helping me to gain "confianza" at my site.... - Volunteer Photos
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- Christmas Dinner
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On Christmas Eve, 2004, I was planning a traditional dinner with my Salvadoran family. They were bartering with the door to door hen saleswoman over the price of the hen in the picture. The asking price was $6, the family wanted to pay $4, and I... - Volunteer Photos
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- Cuisnahuat's Senior Citizen Group
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Elders; Celebrations -
During my service I helped the local clinic form a group for senior citizens. We met monthly to discuss health issues. Since many of these seniors walked for miles through the mountains to get to the meetings we always had something to eat and a... - Volunteer Photos
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- Fiestas Patronales
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Celebrations; Dance; Traditional dress -
Every November the Catholic church in Cuisnahuat celebrates the Fiesta of San Lucas. Cuisnahuat is a traditional town where they still do dances with hand-carved masks to act out the story of San Lucas. These dancers are all me from the town and... - Volunteer Photos
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- Don Rodolfo and David
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Elders; Children; Host community -
This picture was taken in the weeks leading up to my COS conference. The gentleman pictured is Don Rodolfo, who was my landlord for the beginning of my service. His daughter Betty was a close friend of mine and the bay he is holding is her son,... - Volunteer Photos
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- Tamales Pisque in Tienda Margara
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Food and meals; Host families -
My adopted Salvadoran family owned a store where I spent much of my free time. They always wanted to make sure I had eaten, and on this particular day near the end of my service I was helping them finish leftovers of my favorite Salvadoran dish-... - Volunteer Photos
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- With Nuria in the Alcaldia
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Counterparts -
When I first arrived for my site visit it was arranged that I would stay with Nuria, an employee in the town hall that was to be my counterpart agency. She and I immediately bonded. She taught me a ton about Salvadoran culture and was my closest... - Volunteer Photos
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- Hauling Water
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Water and sanitation -
When I arrived back in Cuisnahuat three years after COSing we all joked that I blew into town with the "norte," the cool north wind felt in the region in December and January. Unfortunately for all of us, said "norte" blew down powerlines all over... - Volunteer Photos
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- Volcan de Izalco
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For two years I lived in the most beautiful town in the world. Sure, it didn't have running water, the roads weren't paved, and there were occasional scorpions and tarantulas in my house, but it was beautiful. In one direction I could see the... - Volunteer Photos
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- Times, They Are a-Changing
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Technology; Host families -
When I arrived in Cuisnahuat in 2003 few people knew what the internet was. When I left in 2005 most had never used a computer, much less been online. Nothing could have come a a bigger shock than the fact that when I came back in 2010 I was able... - Volunteer Photos
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