Espero que les haya gustado esta presentación
Que Nicas y Británicos hemos realizado con emoción
Es un orgullo trabajar con Progressio y lucir esta camiseta
Para salir adelante cuidando nuestro planeta.
Sembrando un árbol, haciendo un huerto
Porque esto es el futuro nuestro
Haciendo filtros, eco-estufas, pilas
¡Que bien se mira ahora Parcila!
Con el centro de salud haciendo alianza
Británicos y Nicas sembramos esperanza
Concientizando y sensibilizando
It’s week five into our placement and I’ve learnt a number of things about this place. The most important is that as soon as you forget about bugs, that is when you will put your shorts on and you’ll feel that dreaded tickle of eight fat legs dancing on your body… that literally just happened to me before I started writing this. Oh and my very Buddhist views have gone out of the window. Back in the UK, I used to demand all spiders to be removed, but alive. Now I batter them to death with my walking boot (which is now half solid cement due to construction) and grind them into my dirt floor.
Climate change is a global problem that will drastically affect most areas of life. Some effects of climate change are: the melting of icebergs, sea levels rising, ocean currents shift, changes in the amount of rainfall, the acidification of oceans, more natural disasters and more diseases such as malaria. Despite Nicaragua contributing very little to climate change, they are one of the worst affected.
Heading into the fifth week of my placement it’s fair to say I’ve got to know Parcila pretty well. What seemed at first to be a community in need has turned out to be so much more. It’s true that yes you might not find a washing machine or even a working tap here, but what you will find surpasses all materialistic needs. In the words of my host father “full stomach, happy heart”, it’s this which makes Parcila so special - the people.
Un lunes muy soleado planeamos la entrega de los materiales de las eco-estufas. Junto con los beneficiarios, todos nos reunimos en casa de nuestra líder nacional, Marcia.
Todos estamos contentos con los objetivos obtenidos hasta ahora y esperamos seguir con ese ánimo emprendedor que tenemos como grupo. Iniciamos la semana con una actividad que la llamamos competencia de inglés, que participaron niños y jóvenes de la comunidad de Parcila, y donde realizamos un sin número de juegos que a los niños y jóvenes les gustó mucho, quienes tuvieron la oportunidad de poner en práctica sus habilidades y sus conocimientos del idioma inglés.
You arrive in a Central American country for your Progressio ICS placement, full of enthusiasm. After stepping off the plane into the hot humid air, you have to pass through customs. The officer says something you don’t quite understand but you show your passport and smile, and before you know it you have officially arrived. Before you pick up your baggage, you realise all the complementary airline coffees have left you bursting. Seeing the nearest staff member, you ask where the toilet is - and smack head first into the language barrier.
I know what you’re thinking, aahhh here we go again…, another boring blog about climate change or gender equality from Progressio HQ. Well think again. Because they let the boiz loose on the keyboard and we are about to delve into the true story behind Cycle 16 El Bramadero.
We are told time over time again that the use of plastics is bad for the environment, but there are other issues that arise from this other than me droning on about carbon dioxide for a whole blog. Plastics enter our oceans from ways other than from direct disposal - I have seen a lot of direct littering in waterways in El Bramadero - I want to raise the awareness of other ways they enter the water system, and how they affect our world.
It is fair to say that Parcila and Nicaragua as a whole is very different to the UK in a number of ways. Having spent over a week in our new community and homes, now is a good time to address how Parcila actually compares to the UK and to our expectations and preconceptions, with perspectives from each of the UK volunteers.
