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Our second week (beginning Friday 15th March) got off to a good start with the best breakfast we’d had yet: eggy bread with delicious porridge. That only changed when we were made pancakes a few days later (thanks Hannah!). Saturday was our rest day, and our host family took us to Lake Atitlán, much to … Continued

We’ve had an amazing first week settling into our first project in rural Guatemala! After meeting at Heathrow at 2.30 am, we managed to arrive safely in Guatemala City, where we were welcomed by Maddie, our Short-term Coordinator. The next afternoon we set off for our first project, staring out of the bus window with … Continued

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We hear from Jemima Firman who has just finished her nine month Stride placement in Brazil and Bolivia.   I write this piece to you many miles above the Atlantic Sea, in flight on my way back home to London in an obnoxiously large Bolivian poncho!   As a language student of Spanish and Portuguese, … Continued

Abby Murphy is a Stay Member based in Ecuador.   When I looked up the word ‘welcome’, one of the Cambridge English Dictionary definitions was ‘to show someone that you are pleased that they are with you’.   As I was reflecting on my different involvements here in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, I kept coming back … Continued