ANNA是一个偶然认识的一面之交的朋友，ABC，生在美国长在美国的中国人，
模特的身高176CM混血儿的面容，可惜的是人比照片PL10倍，她完全不上相。
见到真人，第一惊叹她的眼睛，第二她的PL至极的小麦肤色，让我一向奉白为美的观念完全掉地上
化妆师见到她的小麦色完美肌肤都会齐齐惊叹，粉妆完全无用武之地对于她。
最让我印象深的不是她的外表，是她的内心和经历，她上中学开始打零工存钱，因为一直喜欢小孩子，高中毕业之后在护士学校培训学习护理小孩，取得了相关的证书。和其它的一些职业培训课程吧。
然后她开始了一个个国家的流浪，多数时候做外教，有时打打零工。每个国家呆一年。
认识她的时候，她在深圳一家中学当外教。放假时一个人跑了很多地方，云南啊西藏啊。
一个小细节，ANNA短发的，她比划着我的头发说“以前我的也有这么长，一留到这么长就剪了，捐给癌症儿童，因为他们做化疗，会掉头发，需要有人捐头发给他们做假发来戴”
过后也不常联系，说一起去逛街一直没去成。突然一天收到她的群发邮件，这家伙，已经在NIGER了！
她加入了Peace Corps的青年义工计划，到这些第三世界国家帮助当地的教育医疗这些工作。
邮件挺有意思的，还有些照片。
我想这些地方，去的人不多，能在当地深入跟当地人呆个半年一载的更是少数。
所以把ANNA拍的照片和描述放上来，以她的眼中看去，当地是什么样子的印象。
原文是英语，不好意思，大家凑和着用翻译软件看吧，有高手，欢迎帮翻译一下，先谢谢哈！
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Hi everyone!
I´ve arrived safely in Honduras. Things are much different here than in Niger. I will definitely have more access to Internet and such, so you guys will be hearing from me often.
So far, Honduras is BEAUTIFUL. More beautiful than I ever imagined and I haven´t even been to the beach side yet! I have a lot more amenties than expected, so life here is good so far. We´ve just been in training and trying to get to know each other. There are 57 other volunteers here...so that´s a lot of us. 200 total in the country! I have a host family and they treat me well. The food is very easy to get used to. It´s only been a couple of days...so I´ll write more when I get to know this place a little better.
How are you all doing?
Anna
EMAIL 2 FM HONDURAS
Sounds of dishes clanging, the sweeping of the broom and smells ofbreakfast wake me. Good morning, Honduras. Another day. More Spanish,more training, more integration. Life already seems normal here.
Mundane, almost. I get up, jump in the shower, and dread the cold cold water that willtrickle down. It is so cold that steam comes off my body as the waterhits my skin. I shiver just thinking of it. The shower lasts as soonas it can end. I actually prefer the old fashion bucket baths inNiger! After layering myself with sunblock and bug spray, I scarf downmy breakfast with my host mom (I live in a small house with a mom,dad, and 11-year old sister) and head to class. Breakfast is light andusually consists of fruit salads, fried plantains, tortilla and beans,crepes with cheese, or sandwiches. I climb the 20 minute uphill walkdown the highway and through the mountains amongst beautiful slendertrees (Honduras is 60% mountains!) with other trainees to our trainingcenter. There, the dreadful 4-hour Spanish classes begin followed bylunch and more training on youth development, safety and security, andstaying healthy in Honduras. Lunch is heavier, typically somecombination of tortilla, beans, rice, veggies, pasta, meat, soup,and/or fried plantains. After class, I play soccer, Frisbee, cards,hand games, etc., with my host sister, cousins, and the neighborhoodchildren. Next, we have dinner (similar to lunch) and my host mom andI take a walk towards the next village. Finally, I end the dayfinishing up my homework and getting ready for the next day. Onweekends I visit tourist sites, national parks, and hang out withfamily. So what exactly do I do here? As a youth development volunteer, I cando a number of things – start a volleyball team for girls, paint aworld map for a school, have clubs that empowering young men andwomen, teach classes about AIDS, Sex Ed, Math, English, Computers,Reading, etc. I will assess my community’s needs and from there, Iwill start projects accordingly. Also, Peace Corps’ third goal is“Helping promote a better understanding of other peoples on the partof Americans.” Therefore, I hope that I start achieving this goal viathese emails. Onto a more serious topic…everyone should come visit Honduras! Haha.If I’m not enough of a reason (but I know I am), Honduras is anundiscovered hotspot; it has the cheapest scuba diving, beautifulcorals for snorkeling, rafting, white beaches, and stunning nature.Need I say more? Alright, update me.
I want to know what’s going on on the other sideof the equator!
Anna
Peace Corps HondurasYouth Development Volunteer
照片 （这一组是2010年7月份的）
Arts & Crafts with sister, neighbors, cousin.JPG
My host sister (right) and neighbor.JPG
My house.JPG
Pila=washing machine....JPG
Girls Empowerment Group.JPG
Students lining up for snacks.JPG
Rainbow over our walk home.JPG
View on the highway.JPG
Yorito, Honduras.JPG
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New life. New town. New family. New experiences. New skills.
The crucial part of training has begun. This is when we put to practice what we've learned. It's a lot more intense and I feel super busy all the time. Training starts at 7:30 and ends at 6 (1.5 hours for lunch). I wake up at 5, run, go to training and after that it's time for dinner, homework, and at 8:30, I get ready for bed and fall fast asleep. Aside from trying to integrate with the new family and community, I am working on various projects, improving my Spanish, and creating strong friendships to have the much needed support system for the two year stretch.
It is winter here which means that it's rainy season. There's really only two seasons here: summer and winter, which means rain or no rain. The rain comes from time to time and falls really hard when it wants to. If it's not raining it's generally super hot and humid. I wish I brought more clothes for this weather! Rainy season is bad because that means there's a lot more mosquitos, which means a lot more chances of catching malaria or dengue fever. Last month three trainees caught dengue and one caught malaria. It's pretty crazy. My legs are so bit up that I wake up every night from my uncontrollable desire to scratch them.
The town here is bigger. There's one main street that connects to the bigger highways and where all the shops line up. The streets around it are unpaved dirt roads usually filthy, full of trash, poop, and puddles (which is a huge cause to the dengue fever epidemic here). My new set up is really nice. I have luxuries and amenities I'd never dreamed of in a third world country! (I am living with a rich family.) Let's see what happens when they send me to my rural village! Here, I have a mom, a dad, a younger brother, and two younger sisters. The grandma is usually around cooking and two cousins frequently drop by. Other than that there's tons of family and friends that come visit. They introduce me as their daughter as if I really was their daughter which really makes me feel like a part of their family. They are really good to me. There's also three boxers and one of them had a litter of Boxers/American Pitbulls. They're super cute, but I hate Honduran dogs . NO dogs are trained here, they wake me up throughout the night, and they smell bad. But I really hate these dogs in particular because they got into my suitcase and ate ALL of the American food I brought here. =(
And now, a random list of topics on my mind:
The education system of Honduras is not working. The government never pays the teachers on time...so what happens? The teachers go on strike. What does that mean? It means that classes are cancelled and very seldomly do kids get the full 5 days a week since they're always on strike. Sad, huh? But it gets worse. The kids haven't gone to school in 10 days and they still don't have a word on when they will. This time the strike is not only because they are not getting paid, but they are also trying to PRIVATIZE public schools and they've lost all of the teachers' retirement money! Privatizing public schools is a huge deal. That means children from poor families will not be going to school. And here in Honduras, there's a huge gap between the rich and the poor. There are a lot of poor families! I was thinking that they can privatize school if they will give all poor children scholarships, but the government would never do that! In general, I think people understand that getting an education is important, but I don't think they yet understand the value of it. It's very obvious in the classroom when the teacher has major classroom management issues and the students just don't seem to care. Having an education is more an obligation in their mindset than a privilege...therefore they have rambunctious behavior and they think it's okay. Also, how does one teacher teach fifty children, all in differing grades?
The other day I met a man named Bobby. He's a man from Alabama that has opened up an orphange and dedicated his life to the children in his orphanage. It's really amazing what he does and heartbreaking at the same time. In Honduras, there are plenty of kids to adopt, but they can't because of corruption. If this polemic government decides to allow international adoptions, the officials will just sell the children to faciliate the process of an adoption! So instead, there are many unwanted children left to grow up in orphanges. They grow up in the orphange and live there their whole lives, and at 18, they are free to go. But where would one go if all they've every known were confined within the gates of the institution?
Religion here is a big deal. At least 90% of the population are Catholic/Christians. And they don't understand otherwise. Basically, that means that if I don't follow either religion, then something's wrong with me and I need to be converted. I am practically forced to go to church too. It's an uncomfortable situation.
Piropos. That's what we call them. The English translation is "catcalling". Sound fun? It's not. Being catcalled is when any number of men decide to whistle, make kissing noises, hiss, or call you inappropriate things in Spanish and in English to get our attention. It's annoying. It happens so many times during the day that there's no point in trying to count. I just ignore it and keep walking...but sometimes it is just sooooo unavoidable and so annoying! How will I ever get used to it?
Let me know what you guys think, and as always, send me an update!
Take care,
Anna
My pictures:
1. My sister won a pageant like thing where they dress up in idigenous clothing and are rated by their outfit and presentation. She was selected as the India Bonita (literally pretty Indian)
2. My family and are in the truck on the way to their property in the mountains. My brother and sister are in the back of the truck and I'm up front with my dad and sister.
3. These are pictures of what kids typically look like in the village.
4. We went to see my family's new pony! So cute!
5. The sun is setting onto a beautiful backdrop while the men play soccer on a makeshift field.
6. The sun is setting, the storm is coming in.
7. Our class that we're teaching English and arts and crafts to.
8. I taught my sisters how to make them too!
向ANNA致敬，了不起的举动呀。