Author: <span>Jessica Delgado</span>

Cadenas alimenticias: Un llamado a los consumidores

Publicado originalmente en La Voz, Edición Junio 2015. Por Jessica L. Delgado ¿Derechos laborales? Este nunca ha sido un tema fácil de digerir para trabajadores agrícolas inmigrantes a los Estados Unidos. La capacidad que tiene un trabajador de ejercer estos derechos está vinculada a los deberes del consumidor. Toda la …

Insights on Ground-level Interactions as a Development Agent

“So, what did you gain from your Peace Corps experience?” people often ask me following my return from 26 months abroad in the Republic of Cameroon, Central Africa. To answer that question in one sentence would group all of my relationships with friends and work partners, on-the-ground experiences and ups-and-downs …

Who has the Answer to the Right Amount of Numbers that Should Be Involved in A Numbers Game?

After working as a Peace Corps Volunteer (PCV) in Cameroon for over a year, I am now able to reflect on at least three main settings where I have engaged in group work. It is only through this type of work that I feel our job as rural development agents can be …

The Complexities of Bringing Development to Cameroon

Finding a common ground for a social movement is essential to collective action, hence, solidarity between those directly affected by the issue at hand (i.e. not having access to pipe borne water) becomes increasingly important as the movement grows. Herein, I will describe a story, that surrounds the idea of …

Adopting a Cameroonian Lifestyle as a “White Man Woman” (Pidgin for anybody foreign, with recognition of being a female)

Arriving Our group of Peace Corps (P.C.) Volunteers arrived in Cameroon on September 21st, 2012, coinciding with 50 years of P.C. partnership between the U.S. and Cameroon. Subsequently, our swearing-in ceremony as P.C. volunteers was an impressive event located in the “Palais de Congrès” in Yaoundé (the capital of the …

El Alto Precio del Agua Potable en el Valle de Hudson

Publicado originalmente en La Voz, Edición April 2012. Por Jessica Delgado ¿Cuánto pagarías por tu agua potable? O más importante aún, ¿hasta qué punto dejarías que una compañía siguiera sus operaciones si esto implicara extremos daños ambientales? ¿Intentarías parar sus operaciones acudiendo a tu representante gubernamental o senadores estatales por medio …

¿Cómo alimentar a la creciente raza humana en medio del calentamiento global?

Publicado originalmente en La Voz, Edición April 2012. Por Jessica Delgado La súper tierra ya no es un misterio Permanecemos en la tierra gracias a lo aprendido de nuestros ancestros, pero sobre todo, gracias a los beneficios que nos brinda para obtener la comida que tanto nos gusta, y que necesitamos …