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Cooking Class and PSE
Today we started our day with a cooking class! We rode tuk-tuk’s to the local market to buy the ingredients we needed to make Amok and spring rolls. The first thing we noticed when walking into the market was the smell. It was an overwhelming smell of all the items the vendors were selling. It...
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Wow, I now know what true grunt work entails. Over the past two days, our group has traveled to the community, Embocada, to deliver filters, fix ones already there, and set up the ones we brought. On Sunday our group split in two; one staying in Rurrenabaque to help get more supplies while the other...
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A Better Understanding of Homelessness
Today we visited the Bell Building in Highland Park. They focus on housing the homeless before treating their problems/addictions. Their main focuses are alcoholics, drug addicts, people with mental disabilities, and the chronically homeless. One thing that separates their homeless shelter from others is their ability to accept homeless people despite their addictions. Most homeless...
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