Posted in Asambleas, People, Yoro on May 14, 2008 | No Comments »
Last week I visited the Fundación Adelante office in El Progreso, which is a couple hours west down the highway, towards San Pedro Sula. El Progreso is a small city in the department (state) of Yoro, which lies next to Atlantida. The town has an attractive central park, and busy downtown streets that come alive [...]
Posted in Asambleas, Atlantida, People on May 5, 2008 | No Comments »
One of the Asambleas that I have visited most often is in a barrio (neighbourhood) outside of La Ceiba, and is held on a patio in front of a pulperia (small shop) of the Asamblea’s Jefa. I really enjoy this Asamblea – the women are all very friendly and open, and the air is usually [...]
Posted in Asambleas, Colon, Education, People on April 15, 2008 | No Comments »
Two weeks ago I went on a trip to visit the Tocoa office of Adelante; located in the department east of Atlántida, the town of Tocoa is about 200 km from La Ceiba. I spent the day clinging to the back of one of the credit officer’s motorbikes, visiting Asambleas. I got a chance to [...]
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 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 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 [...]
