Village Savings and Loans Associations: Filling the Local’s Needs Created by the Insecurity of Farming in Sirigu, Ghana Hello from Ghana! I’ve almost hit my year mark of leaving for my journey to West Africa to serve in the Peace Corps, and I can’t believe how fast the time has …
One of the things Peace Corps requires of its volunteers as they near their close of service (COS) is that they reflect back over their two years and write a description of service (DOS) that enumerates the projects they have completed, successes they have had, and anything else they have …
From the blog Karen and Dave In Samoa Posted April 21, 2011 It would be nice to say that Karen and I had such great success with the first field trip to the beach that we decided to go on another field trip. But, that would be a lie. The …
From the blog Karen and Dave In Samoa Posted April 1, 2011 When we first arrived in Samoa we realized that our vegan/vegetarian diets would not be possible in Samoa… immediately. We sent emails, asked for packages, made phone calls, and skype calls, all asking for seeds. We are still receiving seeds to …
From the blog Karen and Dave In Samoa Posted March 13, 2011 This is the traditional way to cook Samoan food. I have been told that this version is not the original, but the only difference is that this one is above ground instead of below. It seems to me …
From the blog Karen and Dave In Samoa Posted March 1st, 2011 Finished rice ready to eat Last January, I went to a conference in Washington, DC. One of the sessions I attended was on building and using a solar cooker. We even built one, but since it was the middle …
Cross Posted from Karen and Dave in Samoa on October 14, 2010 Samoa: A Pacific Paradise Since we have arrived in Samoa, we have had a full day at the beach, another day snorkeling off of a catamaran in a coral lagoon, learned a healthy dose of common phrases, and met …
Karen Corey ’13 is in CEP’s Master’s International program with the Peace Corps, about to start her Peace Corps assignment in Samoa. Today is the first day of my last week interning at Resources for the Future in Washington, DC. For those who don’t know, RFF is an environmental economics …
For the past seven months, I have been working in the municipal Department of Agriculture in. Since the Department of Agriculture is responsible for agriculture, livestock and coastal resource projects, it has been a challenge to find a focus for the specific projects that I am involved in. I work …