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There’s a hole in my bucket
On March 19, 2012
Catching up. What follows is from notes made in the field on March 4, 2012. There is an old Calypso song that tells of
Why a pumpkin squash?
On March 5, 2012
3.2.2012. The A team traveled through the community, meeting friends and notifying residents about the coming week of medical clinic. We stop at each of
Pumpkin Squash and Reciprocation; 3/3/12
On March 5, 2012
We are greeted warmly—always and sincerely. This year, the people of Chaguite seem a little less surpised that we have, in fact, returned. It
MANOS: A Team, ready to board
On March 5, 2012
3/1/12. 6:00 a.m. Next stop, Miami; then to Managua; then to Ocotal (ETA 7pm). The MANOS advance team will travel the last leg via
Kudos: Well done.
On January 11, 2012
We returned from our seventh annual project week in the Dominican Republic on Saturday, January 7th, 2012. We had met our quota of hugs
Community and Partnership Revisited
On January 11, 2012
With apologies to my SOMOS and DASV colleagues, I begin this post with an excerpt from a letter I wrote to the team when
Getting there: Gringos off to jail?
On January 11, 2012
Señor Wallace asks us to meet him at the school (where we hold the clinic) at 8:00 a.m. so that we can travel to
Redux: Is it really that hard?
On January 11, 2012
In a post dated July 29, 2008, I posed that question after reading about a non-profit organization that was reportedly bringing electrical power and
Word is out
On January 11, 2012
January 3, 2012. We are visited by a delegation from the Santo Domingo Norte’s Mayor’s Office. The medical doctor who directs “community outreach medical