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COUNTRIES TO CONSIDER
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- Next Meeting November 12th at 6PM
- Compassion Int'l Update
- Agents of Change(Watch this video!)
- News Sites
- Flight & Travel Research
- Flight Costs
- Mission Work in Honduras Continues
- Operation B3
- Guatemala Food Crisis
- Next Meeting October 29th @ 6PM
- URBAN VS RURAL LOCATION
- DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: Pros and Cons
- GUATEMALA: Pros and Cons
- HONDURAS: Pros and Cons
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4 comments:
In the case of the Dominican Republic, either option seems as workable as the other. The country has good infrastructure (easing travel in country), and Spanish is pretty much universally spoken.
It seems to me that both Honduras and Guatemala pose a different issue in that the infrastructure is not so good - complicating travel to rural areas, especially in the rainy season. In both countries Spanish is less universal in rural areas due to use of many native languages and a less homogenous population. This would potential make translation more difficult.
So, for both Guatemala and Honduras, I recommend selecting an urban community.
I have a friend that has done mission work in Honduras and I have emailed him to try and get info on where they did their work. I will pass along any info I get as I receive it.
~Chris
Hi Folks,
I was wondering if we could do both.
I am concerned about the urban nutrition problem, wondering if rural groups could provide food for an urban group.
It seems like we could also find a rural group that is in relative close proximity to an urban group.
I like Kel's suggestion of trying to be open to doing work in both areas. Our primary work could be in one area with projects taking place in the other.
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