I am currently on my fourth Co-op with the Tandana Foundation in Panecillo, Ecuador. The Tandana Foundation is a non-profit organization founded by Anna Taft and it supports community initiatives of various kind such as healthcare programs, women’s literacy, water resources, construction of cotton banks,
As an organization, Common River seeks to empower the people of Aleta Wondo, Ethiopia through a combination of improving communal resources and creating relationships with international organizations in order to bring a wellspring of talent and knowledge to the surrounding area. As an NGO founded
Greetings from Sevilla! My job is at the Fundacion Cristina Heeren for Flamenco. This is an art studio which features cante, baile and la guitarra which work together to create a type of music that cannot be compared to any other. While the work I do
Although I am nearing the end of only my first month with the World Social Forum, I already feel as if I have been working here for several months. I have had so many new experiences and opportunities since moving to Quebec at the beginning
I’ve been here in Fukushima since July 5th, and I have found myself with two main jobs. My first and main job is to teach english to anyone who wishes to learn. My main job is to attract the locals and draw them into wanting
I have known since I was a kid that someday I would find myself in Japan. Passion for the country, the culture, and the language began at an early age. The certainty that I’d find myself in the country was something that grew under my
Where do I begin? Getting started was probably the most difficult part of the job so far. Before arriving I already knew that part of the job was to work with the kids at Yo’Onik, but what exactly did that mean? Upon first arriving I
Hogar Comunitario first opened it’s doors 20 years ago when a Catholic woman, who after having many babies left on her doorstep, saw the need for such a community home to support young, indigenous, pregnant women and mothers. 20 years later, the population that Hogar
Working as an English teacher for an agency here in Mexico City, I am exposed to an entirely different class of people. I live and am doing research in a working-class, squatter community. Like many other neighborhoods in Southern Mexico, people here have built their
Lately, I have wondered if perhaps I’m trilingual, a polyglot as they say, because I can understand International Art English (IAE). I’m a native English speaker and a long time student of Spanish, so I’m fairly bilingual on a good day. Usually, I don’t consider
