During our group reflection last night we shared our thoughts on our first week in Quishurani and everyone expressed excitement to return to this mountain village where we had begun forming relationships with community members and establishing a sense of place. We look forward to continued work with this community that welcomed us with warm...
Today the group was in San Cristobal working hard to help finish painting teacher housing. The housing is important as teachers are often placed by the government and if they do not have a home to stay in locally, weather and other conditions impact their attendance. By providing comfortable housing for teachers, Give and Surf...
In a few of the group’s reflection sessions, the casual question came up: What is your biggest fear? Since I am a naturally timid person, a plethora of horrors popped into my mind: the dark, bugs, deep water, loneliness, humiliation, failure, death, and so on. I realized my fears have often kept me sheltered and...