Lovely’s Goats
22 Jun 2017
Lovely had 5 goats in her herd. Now she has 4, but it’s for a good reason … More Lovely’s Goats
Tag: community development
Three Volunteers (and TWO video clips!)
18 May 2017
Three fabulous volunteers showed up in Panama! Choppy water, slippery logs, mangrove mud and “that cacao drink” were all part of their experiences … More Three Volunteers (and TWO video clips!)
Simon’s Great Idea!
1 May 2017
How do we get a community to embrace a borehole well? We need one family to be willing to try… … More Simon’s Great Idea!
Plan “B”
17 Oct 2016
Remember how we were slowly chipping away at the rocks in Butenga? Our daily routine looked like this: Drill, get stuck on a rock, hand-dig out the rocks, shovel them into a bucket to be dumped outside of the pit. Find softer soil, drop the drill into the pit (thinking that perhaps we had passed … More Plan “B”
My Next 4 (0r 5) Countries
8 Sep 2016
4 (or 5) countries in 2 months. Lots of projects ahead of me! … More My Next 4 (0r 5) Countries
Open the Faucets!
7 Apr 2016
A 4 year-long wait is finally over for this small, 250-person community… … More Open the Faucets!
Panama Mud
30 Nov 2015
It has been nearly a week since I left Panama. It was a long and difficult project, but the outcome was good. A well was drilled on Isla Tigre, a toilet installed for Simon, a pump repaired for Viviana’s community well and the 2,400′ pipeline bringing water to the school and mangrove houses was … More Panama Mud
9:00am (Part 2)
18 Nov 2015
*to make it easier to share this update, I am going to call the community leader “John.” I had originally written it with “community leader” throughout, but it seemed difficult to read it that way. The next morning (Wednesday), I started packing my tools at daybreak to head back to the village. I was still letting … More 9:00am (Part 2)
9:00am (Part 1)
17 Nov 2015
On Tuesday, November 10th, at 9:00am, I had scheduled my blog update to post on my website. It was a positive post with a mention of the “Gift a Goat & More!” fundraiser and an update about the water pipeline. I had written the blog update the night prior and scheduled it to post while … More 9:00am (Part 1)
Helping Hands
20 Oct 2015
It has been two weeks since I arrived in Bastimentos, Panama and it has been packed full of good (muddy) work. I always feel a little anxious when I am working here with the Ngobe villages. Their culture is so much different then the communities I work with in Haiti, El Salvador and Guatemala. It’s … More Helping Hands
