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They just posted this so I thought I would post it here.

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We’ve landed here in Michiana (the border land of Michigan and Indiana) after a bit of travel that involved Erika flying by herself with all three kids and me driving a 16 foot Penske truck (towing our Camry) by myself for 18 hours straight.  We will be here until June 27th or so while I [...]

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Graduation weekend kicked off last night with a classic New England clam bake.  We got all dressed up and civilized then made a royal mess as we ripped apart whole Maine lobster, tried to keep sleeves from dragging in melted butter and made liberal use of the provided lobster bibs.  While the all you can [...]

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A few years ago CRS started a volunteer program to place volunteers with local partners to do grassroots work, along the lines of Peace Corps, JVC or the Farm of the Child where Erika and I volunteered.  At a conference a few weeks ago I met a woman in her early twenties who had just finished a stint volunteering with CRS in Kenya.   I mentioned I was going [...]

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Thought I would share a few interesting maps.  The first is a normal map and then the others are distorted by various characteristics.
“Normal” Map
  
 Here is the same map that takes each country and sizes it for population size intead of land mass size.

And now a map with countries represented according to child mortality rates.

These maps [...]

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As part of a class I took on Humanitarian Assistance we headed into the woods for a three-day simulation that re-created a situation with 100,000 refugees on the Chad-Sudan border. 40 degree overnight temperatures, mock cholera and measles outbreaks, my team leader being kidnapped by rebel forces, a mass grave and braving the MREs (meals [...]

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 My last post was about my friends Marc and Michele who are also fellows.  I just got some new information about where the rest of the 22 fellows were posted.  Click on the image below to see an interactive map of where the 2008 CRS fellows are going to be posted. 

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One of my classmates has leukemia and has been in search of a bone marrow donor.  Check out this video she made to encourage people to join the bone marrow registry.  It only takes 15 minutes, it could save someones life and you should do it! 
Check out her blog where she writes about her upcoming [...]

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I’ve written a bunch about my new job in Honduras, but one thing I haven’t mentioned yet is that two of my good friends from Fletcher will also be working for CRS next year.  CRS hires 15-30 fellows each year and places them in one of their country offices around the world.  There were four Fletcher [...]

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Family and Friends,
It is with great joy that Erika and I announce that we will be moving back to Honduras this August. I have accepted a position with Catholic Relief Services as an International Development Fellow.
The fellowship is a 1-year posting that will provide me with a variety of experiences that will serve as a [...]

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