#peacecorpspanama

[midnightmurauder]

This week is Peace Corps Week and it marks the 4 year anniversary of my COS (Close of Service) from Panama 🇵🇦. What a life changer. Here are photos that bring me take me back to my time there. Either interacting with youth, Mi Pueblo ( muchos gracias a mi tierra PORTOBELLILO), or my fellow PCVs. It's the hardest job you'll ever love and I'm grateful. #peacecorps #peacecorpsweek #peacecorpspanama #3rdgoal #bpcv #panama #nostalgia #friends #travel (at Clayton, Panamá)

[itsalligee-blog]

Things I never would have said before Panama

“That’s not even a real sized cockroach” *smashes with bare hand*

“I own a cat, and love him”

“Anything in spanish”

Non sarcastically “Thank you for saying I look fat today. You are also looking quite large yourself.” 

“85% humidity isn't THAT bad”

[midnightmurauder]

Happy International Women's Day. Let's protect ourselves and each other. :portrait I took in Panama 2012: #tbt #portrait #portraitphotography #peacecorps #peacecorpspanama #mood #children #panama

[midnightmurauder]

I learned so much about Afro Latino(a) culture and history while doing #peacecorpspanama . Everyone just thought I was from Colon or Bocas Del Toro because of my Blackness but there are #aftodescendiente everywhere in Panama 🇵🇦 Thankful to all my teachers. I learned how to Dance Congo y bullerengue. How to fry Peacao y Patacones and so much more. #peacecorps #panama #peacecorpsweek #culture #culturalsharing #imadethemsoulfood #afrolatina #africandiaspora (at Portobelo, Colon, Panama)

[midnightmurauder]

Portrait I took of my young teenage cousin(host cousin). She was so funny, patients with my awful Spanish, and kind. She allowed me to shoot her hair natural even tho she was embarrassed. She spent an hour brushing and geling her kinks and curls away. I thought she was most beautiful just this way. #peacecorps #peacecorpspanama #Panama #afrolatina #naturalhair #selflove #portrait #photography (at Los Mortales, Panama, Panama)

[midnightmurauder]

#tbt to this open hearted, curious, powerful, and soft version of myself. Walking with Joy and loving kindness🌞 #panama #peacecorps #peacecorpspanama #kindness #openess #growth (at Los Mortales, Panama, Panama) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bof3QtbhsS4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mrcz37cydpl3

[midnightmurauder]

She was lecturing him on mechanics lmao 😂 #elders #missher #listentoyourelders #panama #azuero #peacecorps #peacecorpspanama

[midnightmurauder]

I miss Mi Pueblo de Portobelillo and I miss taking Portraits. I was alright. #photography #portraitphotography #peacecorps #peacecorpspanama #azuero #herrera #portobellio #migente #elders #panama

[itsalligee-blog]

After working on a water tank all week at our in service training, we saw some sweet water falls #PeaceCorpsPanama

So every group gets an In Service Training. This is typically planed after about six months in site, so we are aware of the needs of our community, and can pay attention accordingly. We worked on a water tank for a volunteer who is a year ahead of us in his service, to learn more about the process and issues that may have arised during his time here. It was a week filled with lots of hands on engineering and construction, and was very fulfilling to see it all come through. The volunteer has since finished his tank, and is having his system finished by a follow up volunteer that will be joining us in Panama in July of 2016.

[catherinespanamanianadventu-blog]

Photos from my students' visit to the semana de campesino in Rincón de Las Palmas.