At Naranjal neighborhood health center, Jenae weighs a patient.Jenae and Alyssa help the nurse prepare the weekly statistics report.Natalie volunteers at a private clinic in San Ramon. Many of her patients are employees of a mining company who receive a health screening.Twice a week Natalie spends time with children at an after-school program. Here she reviews English homework with a friend.In the San Miguel Ashaninka native community, English teacher Seth is surrounded by his youngest students.Nate’s host father Teofilo provides leadership for eco-tourism in San Miguel.Students and a teacher prepare to perform the song they learned from Nate and Seth– “head, shoulders, knees and toes.”Musicians perform a traditional tune.Alyssa, Sadie, Sylvia, Natalie and Jenae enjoyed a visit to Nate and Seth at the San Miguel community.In the office at Chanchamayo Highland Coffee, Sadie provides valuable connections to coffee drinkers in the English-speaking world.
Alyssa holds the patient’s baby. Students assist with intake and are learning to give injections.Alyssa and the nurse gather tangerines from a tree behind the center.Jenae and her host family in San Ramon enjoy a new puppy.Seth’s homeAt a ceremony to welcome visitors and celebrate Peru’s holiday for teacher appreciation, a young soccer fan joins the teacher in singing the Peruvian national anthem in the Ashaninka language.Nate delivers a speech expressing his appreciation for the community’s hospitality.Seth’s host mother wears the traditional women’s blue kushma. Men and boys wear a similar brown kushma, and community leaders have striped kushmas.
