We’ve Arrived!
by Hannah Robbins on January 10, 2010
We've arrived! We're in Nicaragua, the largest and least densely populated country in Cental America! For our first week we'll be staying in Nicaragua's capital, Managua ("the daughter of war" annnnd "city of peace", as well as "the land of no addessess", according to the Lonely Planet). While the land itself is beautiful, Managua hails few tourist attractions. The city doesn't seem to have a real center, but people have been very friendly as we've wandered around figuring out that fact.
If you look at a map you'll find Nicaragua is bordered by Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south. The country itself is broken up into 15 departamentos and 2 "autonomous regions" (when we asked about these regions people in Managua didn't seem to think there's anything autonomous about them). We'll be spending our time searching for partners in the departamentos de Managua (western side), Matagalpa (north central), and la RAAN (autonomous region to the northeast)--a series of journeys promising to be full of long bus rides, interesting conversations with community health workers, and sunburns (at least for Hannah).
For more updates about what we've been up to, check out the video on Youtube!
This post is #1 of an ongoing series for the GlobeMed Partner Search Fellows Program, through which GlobeMed's two PSFP Fellows, Rachel Berkowitz and Hannah Robbins, aim to build partnerships between GlobeMed and 15 new community-based health NGOs in Central and South America. These posts will help us follow their journey, as Rachel and Hannah help GlobeMed expand to new university chapters and community-based partners this coming year. To read the entire series of blog posts, click here.
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