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Playa Manuel Antonio

vtempone — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:51:01 MDT

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A gorgeous stretch of beach at the Pacific.

La Playa

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The IRSC students and their professors enjoyed a moment on the Pacific at Manuel Antonio National Park.

Wildlife Abound!

vtempone — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:41:31 MDT

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The students saw dozens of "cara blancas" (white faced monkeys) in the Manuel Antonio National Park. They also saw birds, sloths, deer, insects and iguanas.

Hiking

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Profesoras Tempone & Seidel share a smile while walking in Manuel Antonio National Park.

Manuel Antonio

vtempone — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:40:36 MDT

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ASchlei and Kayla snap photos of the wildlife in Manuel Antonio National Park.

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Educational Centers

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Vivi, Profesora Tempone and Carlos (from La Carpio) talk about career opportunities at IRSC.

Manuel Antonio National Park

vtempone — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:32:59 MDT

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We saw many sloths (perezosos) on our walk in the National Park.

Hug line

vtempone — Mon, 6 Jul 2009 14:29:50 MDT

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Cyndi says "hasta luego"

Hug line

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Aschlei says hasta luego

Hug Line

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Devin says hasta luego

Vivi leads a game

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:58:36 MDT

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Vivi plays a game with the children before they leave. "enano y gigante". Que divertido!

Hug line

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Cyndi says "hasta luego" until the Feria de Salud on 7.7.09.

Hug line

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Aschlei says "hasta luego" in the hug line.

Hug line

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DEvin says "hasta luego" after the morning session in the clinic.

Cookie time!

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:53:01 MDT

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AT the end of the morning, the students received cookies and juice.

Smile!

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:52:35 MDT

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This young girl poses for Ricardo in her nursing hat (thanks to Dee Furst) and her stethescope.

Carlos

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Carlos learns that IRSC "creates the future today".

IRSC Proud

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The children love working with the IRSC students and many remember profesora Tempone and Devin from last year!

IRSC Proud

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The people from the Center love the IRSC Service Learning Students.

Budding Artists

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:44:34 MDT

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Laiken shares a smile with two children at her station. The children drew her a picture and referred to her as "Angel Laiken".

Robin measures

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:44:00 MDT

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Robin measures a young girl at the measuring station.

Painting Station

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:43:39 MDT

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Holly helps a young child with painting.

Smile!

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Ricardo poses a young child from the Center.

Finer details

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This child is focused on painting his seahorse.

Vocab en accion

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Stacy shows off her art and labels it in Spanish.

Painting

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The children enjoy painting their "seahorses" compliment of the SLC Boys and Girls Club (gracias Jay Schneider!)

Molding clay

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:29:09 MDT

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Aschlei & co

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Aschlei takes a break from the clay molding station to pose for a picture.

Group puzzle

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The gruup collaborates on a puzzle.

Puzzles

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A young boy works with a puzzle.

Smile!

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:23:52 MDT

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Ricardo, of Ricardo Vieto Photography, sets the backdrop for the children's photos.

Fatima reads

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:23:11 MDT

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Fatima (one of the teaching assistants at the Centro Modelo) reads to the children.

Measuring the Body

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:22:46 MDT

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Robin and Cyndi trace the children and then measure them.

Kindergarten/Day CAre

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:18:59 MDT

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The new MOntessori style day care/Kinder in La Carpio founded by Giselle of the Fundacion Humanitaria

Drawing Center

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:18:24 MDT

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Laiken draws w/ the children of La Carpio

Drawing Center

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STacy draws w/ the children of La CArpio

Tia and Kayla

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:13:23 MDT

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IRSC Nursing Students

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:12:51 MDT

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Vivi (center) poses w/IRSC Nursing students and Profesora Seidel.

IRSC Nursing Students

vtempone — Fri, 3 Jul 2009 14:12:31 MDT

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Allison, Kayla, Tia and Profesora Seidel work w/Dr. Sanchez in the clinic at La Carpio

Smile!

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:32:36 MDT

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Professors Seidel and Tempone share a laugh with Jose from Cafe Britt

Lunch @Cafe Britt

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:32:13 MDT

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Prof Seidel, Aschlei and Laiken enjoy a delicious lunch buffet at Cafe Britt.

Drying coffee

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:29:35 MDT

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Rosario shows us how to dry coffee

History of Coffee

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:29:09 MDT

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Kayla was selected to be the "dama de honor" for the wedding of Rosario and Prospero.

Enjoying the show

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:24:42 MDT

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Devin, Tia, Allison, Kayla, Cyndi, and Laiken enjoy the show.

Watching the show

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:24:10 MDT

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Jason (guide from CPI) and Devin enjoy the skit about the history of coffee.

Theatre Cafe Britt

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:23:37 MDT

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Rosario explains the process of decaffeinating the coffee.

Cafe Britt Factory

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:05:08 MDT

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Packaging coffee for export

In the theatre/Cafe Britt

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:04:04 MDT

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Devin, Tia, Allison, Kayla, Cindy (back row), and Laiken enjoy the skit about the history of Costa Rican coffee

Aschlei

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Aschlei climbs a tree for a better view of the beautiful grounds of the Cafe Britt factory.

Cafe Britt

vtempone — Thu, 2 Jul 2009 15:56:58 MDT

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The group poses for a photo while waiting for the Cafe Britt tour.

Cafe Britt

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The students enjoyed an interactive presentation of the production and history of coffee in Costa Rica.

Cafe Britt

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Inside the factory at cafe Britt (coffee factory)

Jacotes

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:59:52 MDT

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Laiken, Kayla and Vivi enjoy "jacotes"

Pejibayes

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:59:17 MDT

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Another tropical fruit in Costa Rica

How's the food?

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:58:47 MDT

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A senorita in the market smiles at the reaction of the group. Que sabrosa esta la comida

Lunch in the Market

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:58:23 MDT

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Allison and Kayla enjoy "un casado" in the market

In the market

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:54:20 MDT

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Profesora Seidel enjoys a taste of the mamon chino.

Que sabroso

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Stacy tries a mamon chino.

Tropical Fruits

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Holly is all smiles in the market

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In the Market

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:46:39 MDT

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Profesora Seidel, Tia and Laiken share their amazement at the variety of fruits and vegetables in the market.

Guanabana

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:46:02 MDT

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Another delicious fruit from CR. This makes a wonderful "refresco".

Jason peels the mamon chino

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Exotic Fruits

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Jason teaches the group about "jocotes" a type of fruit found in CR.

Que delicioso

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:44:11 MDT

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Kayla tries a mamon chino in the market

La bandera

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:38:57 MDT

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Laiken shares the answers to her group's questioin about Costa Rica's flag: white-peace, red-blood, blue-sky

El escudo costarricense

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:38:19 MDT

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Robin secured a photo of the "escudo" tico in a bookstore with the aid of a Costa Rican gentleman.

Laiken buys a souvenir

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El Mercado

vtempone — Wed, 1 Jul 2009 16:37:14 MDT

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Allison, Vivi and Kayla look for bargains in the market.

Senores in the park

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Meeting the Musician

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The group posed for a picture with the Peruvian musicians

Mamon chinos

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An exotic fruit in Costa Rica

National Emblem

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Aschlei asks this senora about the national emblem. The woman couldn't help her.

Colors of CR Flag

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Laiken (top), Kayla and Allison ask this couple for the significance of the colors on the CR flag.

Mrs. Seidel participates

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Robin quizzes the group

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Kayla quizzes the group

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Kayla quizzes Laiken

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Music in the park

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The students listened to these Peruvian musicians in the park.

Dedicated Students

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Robin quizzes the group with vocab cards Profesora Seidel made.

The group shares a photo op

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:23:16 MDT

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AFter Giselle's discussion about "safe sex" practices, the group takes advantage of a photo op.

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Two volunteers, Allison & Kayla

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Dispensed medicine for Dra. Sanchez in the clinic at La Carpio

Allison in the Pharmacy

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:21:58 MDT

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Cyndi & Laiken

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listen to Giselle's informal discussion of "safe sex" practices and preventive measures against STD's

A Typical roof in La CArpio

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:03:17 MDT

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Giselle chats with a man on the street

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One of the nicer homes in La CArpio

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:02:17 MDT

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Giselle indicated that it was easy to identify the homes where 'working men" lived since they tended to be nicer since the men had incomes.

A water tank

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:01:48 MDT

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Some homes have water tanks for fresh water, but pollution from the industrial zone near La Carpio contaminates them.

Power lines shadow homes in La Carpio

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:01:28 MDT

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In our risk assessement, we saw these power lines directly over homes in La Carpio.

One of the first houses in La Carpio

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Giselle, STacy and Luis

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Particpate in an informal "safe sex" discussion

Profesora Seidel, Allson and Kaya

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Assess and evaluate the post op surgery

Professors Seidel and Tempone

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After assessing and educating the woman on her post surgery care, the family poses for a picture.

Firewood stored for stoves

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:47:11 MDT

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We did an assessement of enviromental risk factors that affect health during our walk about. this pile of wood contained nails and most probably animal feces.

A brother/sister team open their pulperia

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Un senor in La Carpio

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Waits for customers in his "pulperia" (our version of a convenience store on a smaller scale)

The Issue of "clean water"

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:45:24 MDT

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We will address the issue of clean water at the health fair.

A Nicaraguan woman from La Carpio

vtempone — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:44:51 MDT

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Mixing "masa" to make tortillas