A few months ago when a dental group came to visit, one of the Espwa students enrolled in university, brought a few of his friends to get checkups. We were pleasantly surprised when six confident, beautiful women walked in the gate behind him. As they waited in their chairs to be seen by the dentist … Continue reading
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Body-Loving, Full-Length Photo Challenge!
For those of you who don’t keep up with Unbrave Girl’s fabulously witty, wonderfully adventurous blog posts, I’ll fill you in on her most recent diet challenge. You can read the whole post here, but here’s the spark notes version: we don’t always love our bodies as much as we should we often put up … Continue reading
Are Women Travelers in Peril?
Yesterday I read an article titled, Rape of American Women in India Shows how Women Travel with Peril in the L.A. Times. The article deals with the recent rape of a 30-year-old American woman visiting India who was assaulted by the men she hitched a ride back to her hotel from. I’m glad the article … Continue reading
24 Hours In: It’s Off to Work We Go!
On Monday we headed out at 7:45 and gathered at the St. Bernard Project home-base for a brief orientation before driving over to our work site. We were given the ever-famous New Orleans Mardi Gras beads with a “Women’s Week” medallion attached and took our seats on the wooden benches. They talked to us about … Continue reading