By Hillary Harder On Sunday, July 26, our students returned to Quito from their service communities and we began our final retreat together! The afternoon was full of joyful reunions as each student arrived at our Quito home, la Casa…
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Otavalo Artisan Markets & Cuicocha
Feb 13 2022
After a few days of class in Quito we took off for the north, arriving to the beautiful city of Otavalo in the province of Imbabura for several days.
Here is a short clip of some of the music Don Jose Luis and family performed for us during our visit… Enjoy!
Looking ahead to the coming week we have 5 full days of class as our “study” portion of the term all begins to wrap up with the completion of final projects and papers due for various classes. The students are planning a fun celebration/goodbye party with our Quito host families for Friday night.
Study AbroadFinal retreat in Ecuador
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By Dayanara Aguirre-Mulato During my service placement at the municipal Centro Médico in Riobamba, I had the privilege to be able to work alongside other nurses. Day to day each patient comes in to register for their appointment and I…
Study AbroadService visits: opportunities for connection in Ecuador’s “provincias”
By Hillary Harder During the Service term, leaders have the privilege of traveling to visit each student at the home and volunteer assignment where they are spending their time during the second half of SST. For us, that meant traveling…