by AlishaBefore heading to Lima for our close of service conference, Micah and I spent a few days in Ancash, where the tallest mountains (pictured below) in Peru are located. We checked out a national park and a beautiful lagoon (pictured above).
Once in Lima, we were reunited with the rest of the small business and youth development volunteers from our training group for a final conference. We got all the information we need to finish up our Peace Corps service. We will officially finished with Peace Corps on July 22.We returned back to Chota where we continue to wrap up our projects. We are facilitating a reading, writing, and creative thinking workshop for elementary school students. In addition, our English activities continue and I am planning a leadership camp for young women which will bring together youth from all over our department.
As we are preparing to leave Peru, the next group of volunteers will be arriving in June. We recently went with our regional coordinator to visit some potential new sites for incoming youth volunteers. Peace Corps Peru is looking to expand from the current 140 volunteers to around 300 volunteers within the next three years. We met with school directors, health workers, mayors, and other officials in four communities that will most likely receive volunteers from the next training group. The landscape was really amazing and we snapped a few pictures. At one point we where driving above what seemed to be an ocean of clouds.
3 comments:
Thank you so much for your posts. My daughter will be one of the new arrivals in June and we are so excited to soak up and read all we can about her new country. Any suggestions that you could share with us/her as she prepares to depart?
Hi Cindy,
Thanks for checking out our blog. In general, I think it is really important to come to Peru and start PC service with an open mind and without preconceived ideas about what her site, work, etc. will be like. I also think patience and flexibility are key components to having a fulfilling experience. You should also know that Peru is a wonderful country to live in and the support that we have received from Peruvians, Peace Corps, and other volunteers has been amazing. If either of you have any specific questions about what to bring (or not bring) feel free to send me an email at: alisha.mckay@gmail.com
I might be biased, but Alisha and Micah epitomize the best that our country has to offer! thanks for you exemplary service and the documentation of your adventures.
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