This is a picture of me and my wonderful neighbor, Mila. She was helping me white wash my kitchen during the summer. It was a pretty hilarious experience as I had never used white wash and had no idea how messy and unpredictable it was. Shortly...
Even very young children have jobs and responsibilities in Honduras. A weekly trip to the mercado to purchase fruits and vegetables was always something I looked forward to as a Peace Corps Volunteer. There was competition in displaying the...
This picture was taken by my sister Karen when she came to visit me in Nicaragua in 2001. I got to wash our clothes by hand on the pila, a concrete washboard and sink. This was a source of great amusement and connection with my grandmother who...
Out my second story window, you can see my latrine (orange door) and kitchen straight ahead and shower to the left. Some of the year, there was a water basin, but I treated the water with bleach because there was algae and mosquitoes.
I'm washing dishes here on my porch. I had the neighbor kids get water for me and I washed with a soap powder that I used for washing clothes, dishes and the house.
I'm washing my host family's dishes in the early morning in the courtyard of their home. I explained to my host family that even though I'm a guest, I can contribute to the household and do some chores, just as I was brought up to do in America. ...