Hey Friends,
This isn’t a full post but I wanted to give a quick update on going ons here in Peru.
My last update about my life was after finishing the trip the jungle. Upon returning home I spent a couple weeks in my site and then went to Lambayeque for In-Service-Training (IST). We visited environment volunteer Matt West and the nearby Natural Reserve of Chaparri. This was a great trip, the most useful day was when we built a tree nursery for the local tara trees. Chaparri was great too, it is a private nature reserve put into place by the community’s own initiation and we got to see Oso Anteojos (Peruvian Spectacled Bears).
After that, my next big adventure came in September when I went to another IST, this one administered by the Youth Development program. We spent three days learning about social theatre and it was a complete success. I also got to meet many other volunteers that I normally wouldn’t have ever met and so I had a great time. The taller was Thursday-Saturday but because I had a couple official meetings on Monday and Tuesday in the Peace Corps office I was able to spend the weekend in Lima and it was fantastic.
Now, I am finishing up a few days with my good friend Sarah Walker, a PCV from Tumbes, who came down to visit us Ancash folk. The best part of this was her visit to my site where we ate cuy with my family and went on a beautiful wak with my host-sister.
Aside from all of this, I have mostly been in my site and things are going very well. We have volunteers coming at the end of the month as part of their training and I’m taking advantage of their presense to start a trash management project in the community. I also have an incredible room to do my library project in and the obstetriz from my health post, who I brought to the theatre IST, is very excited about the theatre group we will soon be starting.
So, much love to you all, I’ll try to get back on posting but hopefully this gives you a quick snapshot of what I’ve been doing.
Best,
Brian
p.s. Here are some links to news articles about Peru in case you are interested.
