It has been one week since we traveled from Silang, Cavite to Orani, Bataan to meet our host families and start the Community Based Training! All of the education volunteers live in Orani and we are split up into three different barangays or neighborhoods (Maria Fe, Tugatog and Paraiso). I live in Maria Fe with …
Month: July 2016
training
We have officially hit the one week mark of being in the Philippines! After more than 20 hours of travel to Manila, we arrived late on Sunday night at our training site, IIRR or the International Institute of Rural Reconstruction. Here at the site, we are living in dorm-like rooms and have been spoiled with …
paalam
This past week has been filled with adventures, hugs, a few tears and goodbyes (or as I like to think of them as a "see you later"). With my bags packed & ready to go, I'm crossing my fingers that they are under the 50 pound weight limit! I fly out to L.A. tomorrow where …
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