recognizes What one is integrated in a Costa Rican community as well you? Just to the levels at which one can keep up with a physical description.
Who is Alvaro Vargas?
The husband of Ana Rodriguez by Rodriguez Barrantes from the street. Where the father in the first place had Pulperia but in the meantime, the new coffee. Of the coffee plantation on the way to Los Pinos about 200m after the garage on the right. When was the father of the woman's son from a first of the three colonialists. The second cousin of the wife of Alejandra Andrés. Living in the blue house in Zaragoza, where the old tree was the Do 10 Years, like 200m to the north and 50 east. His two sisters have lived for two years in New York, so the drive there and back so often.
in particular, are in Palmares my home for the past year such person descriptions very often. Good eleven months before I was of course very early at a loss, but over the months, I understood better and better from what and to whom the speech was and now I've come up against the end of the one or other with such a description can. My social integration as well so I will describe it very much.
Such integration is naturally achieved on many levels.
course through the family, the main anchor point in a community. If you look good with this understanding and in a sense, is another member of the family simply that contributes very strongly to the opening of the Community. You get to know many family members, family friends and colleagues. Here is a large family with many siblings, uncles, aunts, etc., of course, a great advantage. A lot also has helped sales of the Märklin my host father, through whom I got to know many Costa Ricans from all backgrounds. Besides me, my family is incredibly strong and has grown to love now that you have delivered me only 5 hours at the airport I miss her very much.
side of the family spend most of the time course of the project. Here I have indeed a very great deal of time working alone, "Madre Verde" is very much integrated into the community of Palmares. This can make for large events like the annual summer fair and the meeting very good contacts. Colleagues in the course of the year, more and more become good friends.
The third is self-evident among the younger generation of course particularly important pillar of the integration of personal friends. This has been the Interim Report did not increase significantly, but once again strengthened significantly. As mentioned before, I always had a contact person for each problem, especially in the second half of the year I am also increasingly become a point of contact for problems of any kind.
The departure in recent weeks from all that was really incredibly difficult. I often had to justify myself in front of friends and family in Germany because I am a long time could not really looking forward to Munich. But now I am looking forward to finally come and the Ticofreunde I've certainly not seen the last.
Many volunteers would probably also mention the host organization as an important factor for a positive experience. But I have always tried so little contact as possible and only as much as necessary to have. After that emerged throughout the year, no problems that I had not themselves or with help from friends, colleagues or family can solve the communication with ACI was kept to a minimum. At this point I will praise ACI but again for the excellent organization of the seminars. The procedure was always very focused and from all the activities you could take something instructive. No contact, except for a couple of informal e-mails I had with ICJA. I'm already excited to see the final seminar in Berlin, how is it all so taken.
Since the interim report in "Madre Verde done much good. The butterfly garden can now come up with four species, and the variety of plants is an eye very well. A couple of weeks, we have to build a garden plant ("Vivero") started, which we unfortunately could not quite complete, but based on the very satisfactory shape. A really great experience was, as one can make with a little physical effort, motivation and joy of learning such a project virtually from zero to the legs. I benefited to me to bring my ideas were met with great confidence. So I could with help from the Pamela, a biology student who helped me one day a week, our idea of a beautiful, functional and impressive butterfly garden transpose. We both learned a lot about these amazing animals, and especially the organization of such a project. Amazing to me was the intensity of the experience can bring a successful teamwork. How can multiply and develop ideas, I had not previously allowed to learn.
Part of the work in the second half of the year once again significantly become more important was the coordination and supervision of the research has been done by the short-term volunteers. There was the highly motivated nature freak to the more difficult to inspiring business student really all there, what made the job very exciting. Although there were not many helpers, the range was so great that every time I adjust again and had to be very flexible. A challenge that I gladly accepted and mastered well have passed
The key for such a project must be established in which it has invested a full year of work, sweat and the odd sore muscles, I find very difficult fallen. has helped me But that already last Monday will continue the volunteer of my work, or better, must be arrived at Palmares. So I could pass on much of what I have learned and give him an idea of our plan for the project. Janis, the new volunteers, makes a really motivated and interested impression. I could hand over the keys So although sad but calm.
Today when I read my Report, I would actually want to change anything afterwards. My views have not changed much since then and the attitude to Costa Rica was established at that time very much.
Finally, I want to say that such a year as a volunteer, of course, can never be as expected. It is such a unique experience that you look at the intensity just can not imagine beforehand. The connection I have established with the people and the land within one year, or could build me before I would have never imagined so strong and deep.
Although I have previously always make me watch any great expectations, they exceeded hands down. I have a second home, a second family, many friends and countless experiences gained.
Although the Farewell was really hard, I'm looking forward to my next visit to Costa Rica and develop the experience how the friendships and family relationships over the distance of time be.
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