A few days ago, one of our good friends and a long term volunteer had her final morning at Espwa. The two of us walked over to the girl’s village together to hang out with some of the girls and give her a chance to say goodbye until next time. When we arrived the village was … Continue reading
We made it! After a 3 hour flight from Boston, I met Kelsey in the Miami airport and we boarded together for the flight to Haiti. We couldn’t have been in the air for more than 30 minutes, it felt like, before we touched ground in Port-au-Prince. Luckily, we’d met up with another group traveling to … Continue reading
It’s the three day countdown until I ship out for my year in Haiti. For the past two-weeks I’ve been tossing things that I might want next year into my “Haiti box.” Now that it’s only a few short days until the flight departs, the serious packing has begun. I’m attempting to travel as lightly as possible … Continue reading
My trip to Argentina began in a Sociology class last semester. We were studying alternative economic structures to capitalism (I know, you’ve already written me off as a communist at this point but try–if you can stomach it–to keep reading). The class was titled “Economic Social Justice from Below” and our main case study was the recuperated … Continue reading
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