Quick Update

Since I did not do such a great job of publicizing my blog before leaving San Francisco last October, lets review: Last fall I visited the north coast of the Dominican Republic for 10 days before heading to India for an unspecified period of time. I traveled, made friends, took an internship with an awesome organization in Mumbai, began to understand things a little, then, after 3 months, made the difficult decision to leave. I took a job with COPA, an organization that runs a school and clinic in each of two villages near a Dominican town called Barahona. I will be living in Bombita, a batey (historically a settlement of plantation workers) where the organization also has a trade room. I’ll be in charge of the trade room programs, as well as the sponsorship program and overseeing the maintenance for both schools.