So I'm going to Honduras in 10 days. After years of thinking about that intrigueing list of CIDA internships, I started sending out applications earlier this summer. And somehow, all the stars aligned to bring me out of the wilderness just in time for an interview (in English, Spanish and French, nonetheless!) which led to an internship that's an amazing match for my experience and interests.
The internship is through the YMCA of Greater Montreal's international development department. I've almost finished my one month of training and prep in Montreal (incomparable city of bagels, beautiful people, capoeira, addictive urban biking, late late nights). The next six months will be in Tegucigalpa, the big dusty capital of Honduras. What can I tell you about Honduras? If you really want to be scared, check out the Canadian Foreign Affairs travel advisory. However, talking to many people who have travelled and worked there has made the place sound more real - in a good way.
My official job description: "Intern will work with ACJ staff in strengthening the development, execution and evaluation of the Recreation Leadership Training Program for youth participants and volunteers, as well as participating in the planning of special events and activities for youth and children."
And it gets better - I'm also going to be working with the ACJ (Associon Christiana de Jovenes, aka YMCA) to develop a partnership with a very cool organization called
Cyclo Nord Sud. All about making bikes available to people, especially women, in rural areas and thus empowering them to be more mobile and financially independent - in a very sustainable, ecologically sound way. I love bikes :) They're going to change the world.
Speaking of bikes, apparently Tegucigalpa has some crazy mountain biking in the surrounding mountains. However, the mountains near the Nicaraguan and El Salvadorean borders have landmines. Not planning to bike there. In fact, I'm planning to do my best to be extremely sensible for the next six months.
Voy a escribir un poco en espanol, porque debo lo practicar mucho. Es esto momento mi espanol no es buena, y no entiendo porque he jamas elijido para esto trabajo. Pero voy a trabajar fuerte para amejorar mi espanol. My Spanish is verrry rusty. I really hope I'll be able to improve quickly enough to actually be useful. Living in Montreal and switching languages constantly has been amazing, but also leads to sentences in a hybrid of Spanish/English/French... and random Italian... which I don't even speak - where did it come from?! If you ever want to practice Spanish, give me a shout!
I'll be home for Thanksgiving, hope to see many of you then!
The internship is through the YMCA of Greater Montreal's international development department. I've almost finished my one month of training and prep in Montreal (incomparable city of bagels, beautiful people, capoeira, addictive urban biking, late late nights). The next six months will be in Tegucigalpa, the big dusty capital of Honduras. What can I tell you about Honduras? If you really want to be scared, check out the Canadian Foreign Affairs travel advisory. However, talking to many people who have travelled and worked there has made the place sound more real - in a good way.
My official job description: "Intern will work with ACJ staff in strengthening the development, execution and evaluation of the Recreation Leadership Training Program for youth participants and volunteers, as well as participating in the planning of special events and activities for youth and children."
And it gets better - I'm also going to be working with the ACJ (Associon Christiana de Jovenes, aka YMCA) to develop a partnership with a very cool organization called
Cyclo Nord Sud. All about making bikes available to people, especially women, in rural areas and thus empowering them to be more mobile and financially independent - in a very sustainable, ecologically sound way. I love bikes :) They're going to change the world.
Speaking of bikes, apparently Tegucigalpa has some crazy mountain biking in the surrounding mountains. However, the mountains near the Nicaraguan and El Salvadorean borders have landmines. Not planning to bike there. In fact, I'm planning to do my best to be extremely sensible for the next six months.
Voy a escribir un poco en espanol, porque debo lo practicar mucho. Es esto momento mi espanol no es buena, y no entiendo porque he jamas elijido para esto trabajo. Pero voy a trabajar fuerte para amejorar mi espanol. My Spanish is verrry rusty. I really hope I'll be able to improve quickly enough to actually be useful. Living in Montreal and switching languages constantly has been amazing, but also leads to sentences in a hybrid of Spanish/English/French... and random Italian... which I don't even speak - where did it come from?! If you ever want to practice Spanish, give me a shout!
I'll be home for Thanksgiving, hope to see many of you then!
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