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A precious commodity is celebrated at Carnaval

Posted by: Stephanie Criddle, Posted on: 21 March 2012 - Categories: International Citizen Service

I'm not going to lie, fellow ICS bloggers, I've been getting a tiny bit jealous reading about all the different cultural experiences you have been exposed to - Villa El Salvador is so different to the UK in many ways …

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Part of something greater than myself

Posted by: Stephanie Criddle, Posted on: 5 March 2012 - Categories: International Citizen Service

As I've already mentioned in previous blog posts, community participation plays an important role in daily life here in Peru, but today was the first day that I really felt part of it. We were invited to a celebration for …

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Youth issues take centre stage

Posted by: Stephanie Criddle, Posted on: 10 February 2012 - Categories: International Citizen Service

Young people complaining about adults. Could be anywhere in the world. Could even be the UK. But in this case, it is Peru. Over the past few weeks, I have been lucky enough to attend several meetings, forums and community …

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Community spirit in Villa El Salvador

Posted by: Stephanie Criddle, Posted on: 2 February 2012 - Categories: International Citizen Service

"Do they drink anything apart from tea in England?" That was just one of the questions our students had for us in our first week of teaching at a youth centre in Villa El Salvador, Peru. Although I couldn't entirely …

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First impressions and Spanish lessons

Posted by: Stephanie Criddle, Posted on: 21 January 2012 - Categories: International Citizen Service

We arrived in Peru after a 3am start and over 16 hours of travelling; tired, but ready to begin our ICS journey. We have now just finished ten days of orientation where we have been staying at a retreat for …

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Trying to make a difference

Posted by: Stephanie Criddle, Posted on: 4 January 2012 - Categories: International Citizen Service

My ICS journey began after several months of hunting for things to do during my year abroad. As a student of Spanish and History at the University of Edinburgh, I was required to spend my third year in a Spanish-speaking …

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