Posted in Atlantida, Travels on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
March 25th, 2008
Rain has returned to Atlántida, which is odd because it’s supposed to be summer, and the end of rainy season. And yet, for the past two weeks, we’ve seen more rain than normal for this time of year, and over the past couple days the rain has not offered many moments of relief. [...]
Posted in Education, Reflections on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
March 18, 2008
La Ceiba, Atlántida
Last week when I was at one of the Asambleas around Atlántida, the topic of the educational talk was Planning, specifically for your business. The importance and benefits of planning, both short term and long term, and some suggestions on planning techniques were some of the topics discussed.
In running any business, [...]
Posted in Asambleas, Definitions on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »
March 15, 2008
La Ceiba, Atlántida
Terminology, vocabulary and lingo - all professions and fields have it: those terms and words that define a particular profession, and that all participants in that field speak. So in order to keep all blog readers and people interested in Fundación Adelante up to speed [...]
Posted in new experiences on March 14, 2008 | No Comments »
March 14, 2008
La Ceiba, Atlántida
Today I am feeling some growing pain due to my work with Adelante! I must preface this blog by saying that my experience on motorbikes is very limited - I have been on a bike a couple times in Honduras, but only for a couple minutes each time. Back home [...]
Posted in Asambleas, Intibuca, new experiences, tagged Asambleas, Intibuca, new experiences on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
March 6, 2008
First Field Visit Beyond Atlantida
Asambleas in Intibuca
La Esperanza, Intibuca
The staff at Fundacion Adelante have made sure that my time as a volunteer has gotten off to a quick start! I hit the ground [...]
Posted in Education, new experiences, tagged Asambleas, Intibuca, new experiences on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
March 3, 2008
First Official Day on the Job!
Community Educator Training Workshop
La Ceiba, Atlantida
On my first official day on the job at Adelante, I had the opportunity to sit in on a Community Educator Training Session. Each Asamblea (a group of about 25-30 Adelante clients) elects one Community Educator that facilitates the educational talks [...]
Posted in Asambleas, Board of directors, new experiences, tagged Asambleas, Board of directors, new experiences on March 12, 2008 | No Comments »
February 27, 2008
First Asamblea Visit
La Ceiba, Atlantida
My first personal experience with Adelante was a couple of weeks ago when I was able to visit to a couple ‘Asambleas’ with several members of the [...]
