choosing praxis sites
As part of the Casa de la Solidaridad program, we students spend two days a week (and some weekends) with some organization or community (called praxis sites). We learn from them and help out in whatever ways we can (teaching English, tutoring, helping with the work, etc.). We were given a list of nine praxis sites and we had to choose our top three choices and explain why. I read through them and almost all of them looked like sites I'd like to work with. I allowed myself to be picky, which narrowed it down to five, then four, and finally my top three. Putting those in order of preference was very hard, and I switched my top two a few times. I found it more difficult than I expected to articulate my reasons for choosing those sites. I'm not sure why, but it's probably my general inarticulateness. It's hard not to sound cheesy and repetitive. I'm not posting what I wrote as my reasons, but here are my top three choices:
1. La Javia.
La Javia is a village just outside the rural community of Tepecoyo in the department of La Libertad (about an hour from San Salvador). It is very poor. I would be doing things like teaching English to youth, teaching computer clases, tutoring students, getting to know the community by doing home visits, and participating in a soy project.
2. Acosilva de R.L. Women's Artesania Cooperative
This is a women's artisan cooperative, whose full name is "Asociacion Cooperativa de Produccion Industrial, Artesanal Ahorro Credito y Consumo, Hermana Silvia Arriola, De Responsibilidad Limitada," abbreviated Acosilva de R.L. I would be helping with various activities, doing home visits, teaching English, and working with Salvador Craft, a coop of 21 cooperatives throughout the country.
3. Martín-Baró Cooperative.
The Martín-Baró Cooperative is a very cool organization that I visited when I was in El Salvador in 2005. The have a lot of programs, including a scholarship program, a dental clinic, a bakery, and a sewing program. I would be working with them helping them with the various projects, and I would be helping out at a local primary school.
I want to do all of them!
1. La Javia.
La Javia is a village just outside the rural community of Tepecoyo in the department of La Libertad (about an hour from San Salvador). It is very poor. I would be doing things like teaching English to youth, teaching computer clases, tutoring students, getting to know the community by doing home visits, and participating in a soy project.
2. Acosilva de R.L. Women's Artesania Cooperative
This is a women's artisan cooperative, whose full name is "Asociacion Cooperativa de Produccion Industrial, Artesanal Ahorro Credito y Consumo, Hermana Silvia Arriola, De Responsibilidad Limitada," abbreviated Acosilva de R.L. I would be helping with various activities, doing home visits, teaching English, and working with Salvador Craft, a coop of 21 cooperatives throughout the country.
3. Martín-Baró Cooperative.
The Martín-Baró Cooperative is a very cool organization that I visited when I was in El Salvador in 2005. The have a lot of programs, including a scholarship program, a dental clinic, a bakery, and a sewing program. I would be working with them helping them with the various projects, and I would be helping out at a local primary school.
I want to do all of them!
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