I am so sorry that this update has taken as long as it has to get to you. We’re all feeling the chaos of COVID and I’m hoping you can extend some grace for the delay in this post. I’ll have more posts soon as I continue processing and sharing the impact IJM has despite…
Category: IJM Bolivia Internship
Luck of the Irish
If you don’t want more COVID-19 in your life feel free to skip to the bottom (I recommend going to “IJM Continues”) I’ve gotta be honest, this is the third time I’ve written this post and I have a feeling by the time it’s published, all of the information will be old. Things are changing…
Real Life
The last time I was abroad, I was learning what tear gas felt like (one of our last days leaving the office, a group of protestors were shot at down the street) and seeing a country come together in the middle of the mountains to advocate for what they believed in. Now, I’m living on…
New Password!
I’m en route (again)! It’s been months now, but I am finally on my way to get my things! I’ll be swinging through La Paz to pack up all of my belongings and then moving on to my next location! This has been an insane week and I have just as many questions as all…
Little Panic
It’s been a morning. In Ali’s life, that can mean a lot of things. In the past, it’s meant that I couldn’t get out of bed and laid there for hours; it’s meant that I missed the bus and had to improvise a way to get to a meeting; it’s meant that I went for…
PROGRESS!!!
To those of you who got an email about an old post, sorry about the confusion! How excited you might’ve been if you thought I was working abroad again… sadly, that was from September. Regardless, I hope you all had a phenomenal end of 2019 and are finding your rhythm as you settle into 2020!…
Unexpected
When I was fundraising I got a lot of curious questions about the trauma-focused therapy I’d be taking part in. At the time, I explained that it would be to help process the case work that IJM does, which was (and is) still important. I’d go in to work and we’d celebrate the sentencing of…
The [Short] Truth
Before I dig into this update, let me make two things clear: I am safe I am not done working with IJM Evo Morales I’m getting texts and messages that the decision of Evo Morales, long standing president of Bolivia, to resign has made international news. It’s interesting to me that of all the pieces…
The [Long] Truth
It took me a few minutes after laying down to realize that the gunshot-like sounds I had grown so accustomed to were becoming more frequent. In La Paz, protestors shoot off firecrackers multiple times each day. They are harmless. In this moment I was in Sucre for a big conference I had planned, taking a…
Living Life
I’ve now finished my fifth(!!!) week in the office, and loving the work I’m doing, but I’ve been told my first real update should give a better picture of what life in La Paz is really like. I promise I have been going to work and getting things done, but this post will cover my…