Shaking hands with the ambassador as an official volunteer.
Robert Callahan, the ambassador, and me
Robyn, George the country director, my friend Katie, and meI swore in as a volunteer. No longer a trainee, I'm a real Peace Corps volunteer now. We had our swearing in ceremony in a really nice hotel in Managua. One of the directors at MINSA, the Ministry of Health(Ministerio de Salud= MINSA), spoke, in addition to my new friend Ambassador Callahan, and the Nicaraguan Country Director. Most of the ceremony was in Spanish and all the host families were invited to come to the ceremony too.
All 24 trainees in my group swore in as volunteers, a feat that hasn't happened in the health groups for a few years. Go Nica 52!
Congrats, Jenny! So exciting! I was just looking at the map and realized how far north your site is going to be!
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