Posted on February 8th, 2010 in: CODE in the Field, Guyana, Uncategorized
By Ingrid Ermanovics,
Feb 6, 2010
I spent the morning “liming” (that’s ‘Guyanese’ for hanging out) but spent the afternoon in the next region to the west across the massive Demerara River. The General Manager of the Guyana Book Foundation (GBF), Leila Jagdeo, graciously gave up her Sunday afternoon to take me out of Georgetown and into [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010 in: CODE in the Field, Liberia
By: Kathy Stinson
February 2, 2010
I’m sitting on the fourth floor balcony of the Cape Hotel in Monrovia in shorts and t-shirt listening to a mixture of surf and hotel generators, and the occasional honking of a motorcycle horn. It’s just after nine o’clock at night. African music has been added to the surf/generator mix [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010 in: CODE in the Field, Guyana
By: Ingrid Ermanovics -CODE Program Manager
Tuesday Feb 1-4, 2010
I arrived bleary eyed – having enjoyed my flight over the rain forest and massive rivers of the Guyanese hinterland - in my crumpled black pants, shirt and sweater to a wall of heat and humidity, splashes of flowers and wonderful fragrances — and sunshine! So many [...]
Posted on February 5th, 2010 in: CODE in the Field, Liberia
We just finished day 2 and we are winding down on the balcony. Kathy has a lot of writing to review.
I will explain a couple of challenges and start a discussion about the solution. I guess I have already come up with a solution for the first challenge.
Challenge 1:
We went art-supply shopping after the workshop [...]
