Trainings and Workshops Galore

Alright, I’m slowly catching up with these blog posts. I’ll get there! In September, right at the crux of my town’s Patron Saint Festival, we had our first weeklong Peace Corps training, Early in Service Training focused on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Each of us community economic development volunteers were asked to bring a counterpart for…

Spotlight Series: Asociación de Artesanas del Pañon Tacabambino

To inaugurate the spotlight series we’re starting with…the artisans! Doña Laura, the president of the association, and the eight other women who make up the association here in Tacabamba have been so welcoming to me since the very beginning that I couldn’t think of a better group to highlight first. So, what exactly do the…