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Flying into Comalapa airport near the capital city, San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador Volcano crater, Playa El Tunco, El Salvador Climbing up Volcan Izalco, Cerro Verde, El Salvador As a guest of honor, I helped hand out Radio English Program completion certificates, San Miguel, El Salvador Christmas in the upscale mall where most of our teachers cannot afford to shop- window shopping only, San Miguel, El Salvador Beautiful beach house of Lic. Paredes.  Trees conveniently were planted hammock distance apart, Tamarindo, El Salvador Dianne and I so last-minute shopping for next year at Office Depot with remaining funds from donors, San Salvador, El Salvador Lic. Amaya, wearing Cindy's souvenir hat, arranges our transport back to San Salvador., San Miguel, El Salvador
Nothing is so desolate as an empty classroom - but we plan to be back next year, bringing life again, San Miguel, El Salvador 2011 T2T participants receive certificates for 90-hour workshop at UNIVO.  Project team in front row, San Miguel, El Salvador Fifteen 1st, 2nd, and 3rd year scholarship students work hard to rise above their circumstances, San Miguel, El Salvador Third year scholarship students at Herberdh's private school perform for us. What talented youth!, San Miguel, El Salvador We got a watermelon from a vendor along the road-it was so sweet-vendor's little girl in the shadow, Tamarindo, El Salvador Cindy, Karen and Daphne - the T2T three muskateers - Honduras and Nicaragua in the background, Tamarindo, El Salvador Lic Paredes hosts lunch under the palms - fresh fish and good conversation!, Tamarindo, El Salvador Fixer-upper for sale at Tamarindo Beach - asking $180,000 - want to go together and buy it?, Tamarindo, El Salvador
The volunteers think Christmas at the mall.  It sure doesn't feel like Christmas with 90-degree days, San Miguel, El Salvador Our teachers are VERY creative.  These masks hid shy actors playing Goldilocks and the Three Bears, San Miguel, El Salvador Some fairy tales are presented through human actors.  This wolf closes in on Little Red Riding Hood, San Miguel, El Salvador Some of the fairy tales are presented through puppets. This is the Three Little Pigs - and the wolf!, San Miguel, El Salvador Rehearsal - start by reading it, then by walking through, finally by acting with props and costumes, San Miguel, El Salvador As they read their progressive stories, we see the teachers laughing as they come to funny parts., San Miguel, El Salvador Teachers read their progressive story aloud - we listen for pronunciation, and pure enjoyment, San Miguel, El Salvador Teachers get great ideas from each other as they work through units in their syllabus, San Miguel, El Salvador
Karen help teachers think of ways to revise or modify new activities to meet syllabus objectives, San Miguel, El Salvador Two teachers solve the mystery of 'Book Magic.'  They took their magic very seriously, San Miguel, El Salvador Groups turn their books into a story board - a sequential series of scenes and actions in the story, San Miguel, El Salvador Karen brings soap to the women's bathroom on our floor at UNIVO. It usually disappears vlery quickly, San Miguel, El Salvador UNIVO provides snacks mid morning and mid afternoon. We work better if our stomachs are not growling, San Miguel, El Salvador This teacher asks his question of someone on a lower floor of our building, San Miguel, El Salvador Teachers take to the hallways to get the required number of responses - we get good public relations, San Miguel, El Salvador Teachers practice asking questions about their survey topic, and listening to answers, San Miguel, El Salvador
Farmacia-to-go (Pharmacy) in a section of the street market, San Miguel, El Salvador Delicious aroma from street restaurant... maybe some evening... Vendors work hard for little money, San Miguel, El Salvador Park in front of the Cathedral (spires in background) is now walled off for extensive remodeling, San Miguel, El Salvador Greenware is fired in these open-front ovens.  The hand formed oven is a perfect dome, Guatajiagua, El Salvador This 9th grade boy proudly polishes greenware before it's fired. His work is important to the family, Guatajiagua, El Salvador This woman demonstrates making pots by hand rather than by wheel.  The wheels were all idle today, Guatajiagua, El Salvador Volunteer poses by a mototaxi, the around-town transport that zips everywhere - pedestrians beware, Guatajiagua, El Salvador This woman is an expert 'comal' maker, turning out 1 every 10 minutes.  A comal is a cooking surface, Guatajiagua, El Salvador
The town has a water hydrant for those who don't have water in their homes, Guatajiagua, El Salvador Lic. Savador Amaya guides around his home town.  He knows everyone so we meet interesting people, Guatajiagua, El Salvador San Salvador volunteers plus a couple of friends and the van driver get reacquainted over - chicken!, San Miguel, El Salvador The team-Ernesto, Herberdh, Cindy, me, Karen, Lic. Amaya - Class of 2011, San Miguel, El Salvador I'm impressed with the passion in the teacher's writing.  I provide light editing and encouragement, San Miguel, El Salvador Puppets can use silly gestures and funny voices, and make mistakes without being embarrassed, San Miguel, El Salvador Teachers practice reading a script using new vocabulary phrases and using voice inflection, San Miguel, El Salvador His immigration assistance office. He also started a project for kids who can't go to school-no room, Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador
A former participant and friend has buses in this poor city.  He has to pay off the gangs daily., Santa Rosa de Lima, El Salvador The vendor cannot believe that the taxman really is going to take part of his hard-earned money, San Miguel, El Salvador Teachers, buy, sell, bargain, and argue -- all in English, San Miguel, El Salvador On our walk to UNIVO we pass by a tree and see a cord hanging from it with a cell phone plugged in??, San Miguel, El Salvador On the walk back to the hotel from UNIVO we notice municipal workers decorating trees for Christmas, San Miguel, El Salvador Bilingual instructor Ernesto introduces calculators and reviews basic math operations, San Miguel, El Salvador My group pairs up to role play being a vendor and customer and practice using vocabulary in a dialog, San Miguel, El Salvador Volunteer Cindy uses a Lotto game to practice recognition, oral use and pronunciation of numbers, San Miguel, El Salvador
Volunteer Karen gives teachers practice identifying bills and coins, adding totals and making change, San Miguel, El Salvador Former participant returns with her precious daughter to visit and an offer of help with anything, San Miguel, El Salvador Teachers pair up and create their own scripts using the vocabulary words just learned, San Miguel, El Salvador Volunteers model writing a script, practicing, and acting it out using props, San Miguel, El Salvador We did NOT get our lunch from this food stand at the feria gastronomico., San Miguel, El Salvador At a hardware booth, volunteer Karen chooses a machete with tooled scabbard. 2011 prices seem lower, San Miguel, El Salvador Nearly every where we go requires crossing Roosevelt Av (part of the PanAmerican Highway.) Upandover, San Miguel, El Salvador A nice breakfast buffet is provided daily to hotel guests.  The fresh fruit and juice can't be beat, San Miguel, El Salvador
 
 
El Salvador

El Salvador

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