In March, Peace Corps offered a Project Design Management Workshop for volunteers and their counterparts from site. Milene participated with a local health post worker, Maribel, and I went with Miguel, a small business owner and town activist. During our three days in the beach town of Pacasmayo we were trained in the step-by-step process of project planning and management, from defining a vision, goals and objectives to writing a budget and establishing a monitoring and evaluation plan. Milene and Maribel worked on a plan to establish a garden project for youth in Tembladera to address nutrition deficiency and also provide a way for young people to gain a little income. Miguel and I mapped out a project to teach vocational skills to high school students in order to prepare them better for securing work, thus helping alleviate the chronic cycle of poverty which families in Tembladera face. Both of our projects are now starting up in town and we’ll keep you posted on how they go.
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