My New Site

My new site is very nice. It is in the mountains so it can get really hot, really early. So far I have been working with the community group and attending their meetings. I have also been going around talking with different organizations, the school, NGOs, the mayor´s office etc. And I have also been going and talking to different houses in the community. I do about 5 a day and am delighted to slowly work my way into knowing the community and introducting myself. My  first two months are all about getting to know the community. I will be able to start projects as soon as I have the community´s trust and know exactly what potential projects could be.

My new host family is great. My host Dad works with the community group and my host mom owns a shop and runs it out of her house. I have a host brother and sister who are around my age. It is nice hanging out with them when I am at home. All of my host family is very kind and welcoming.

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My Host Family During Training

This was my host family during training. They taught me so much in the 8 weeks I lived with them about El Salvadoran culture and the Spanish language. I will miss them a lot when I am off at my new site.

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Swearing In

Hi everyone,

I have successfully completed my training. Today I will be sworn in and become an official volunteer. My Spanish level has gotten much better and I am excited to see how much it will improve in the near future. Tomorrow I will meet my counterpart in my community and move to my site where I will be for the next two years. The site I am going to has around 800 people and I is supposed to need a lot of work in youth involvement. Of course, I do not know that much since I am not there yet, but I will do my best to keep everyone posted. Since I will be a lot more isolated at this new site, I do not know how much access I will have to Internet. But I will update you as frequently as possible. I hope everyone is doing well back home!

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