Country: Nicaragua
Program: Community Environmental Education, Nica 45
Job Title: Environmental Education Promoter
Dates of Service: November 17th, 2007-November 17th, 2009
Orientation Dates: August 27th-August 29th, 2007
Pre-Service Training: September 1-November 16th, 2007
To quote the Peace Corps literature, the project of this assignment is "To facilitate the sustainable management of communities' natural resources through education and community action in order to conserve the local environment and improve people's livelihoods." The focus of this project is elementary schools and local youth groups to help communities "identify and understand local environmental issues, and to empower them to take action to help protect and/or improve their local environment." In such, volunteers are assigned to three elementary schools in a community and teach environmental issues to students while helping teachers infuse environmental education into their curriculum. Volunteers also aid in planting tree nurseries near school grounds and work with NGOs to provide environment focused activities based on community needs. The Peace Corps focuses its efforts on the 5 states on the Pacific side of the country and most environmental education volunteers live in small towns of 500 to 2,000 pepole
A bit of a switch from the Agricultural placement, but interesting nonetheless.
Next up: calling PC to accept this assignment and then completing a new passport application (PCVs receive diplomatic passports), aspiration statement and a revamped resume.
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