They Call Me "Señorita de Los Baños"
I know, it's not the best nickname or title I could think of but "Señorita de Los Baños" is the name I've grown used to these past few months. "Jamie" is too difficult of a name to pronounce for some and "The Señorita" just isn't specific enough. Since coming to site, I knew continuing the work of the previous volunteer would be a good place to start my work. Gina, had worked in a small community called 15 de Abril just outside of the center of Guadalupe connecting 23 families to the sewer system and providing them with basic bathrooms. Her counterpart, an enthusiastic health promoter in that community, was set on continuing their work and wasn't going to let me off the hook until I agreed to help her. My counterpart Blanca. She's a force to be reckoned with. Way back in August, I began the grueling grant proposal process to fund the installation of 20 more bathrooms. Blanca found families to participate in the project and I wrote...