Description of training

Now that my service is beginning to come to a close, I have to write up a document that includes all of the work I've done the past 2 years.  Not sure if you'll find this interesting or not but here's what I wrote for about my first 3 months in Nicaragua.

Peter Stephan began Peace Corps Niacaragua’s community-based training program in the town of Nandasmo, Masaya on May 10^th, 2011.  The intensive eleven-week training program is designed to help trainees adapt to actual field situations while living with Nicaraguan families.

The program included formal instruction in Spanish, Nicaraguan culture; cross-cultural adaptation, community development, non-formal education techniques, and technical themes related to small business and entrepreneurship education and extension activities in Nicaragua.  Training consisted of approximately 179 hours of Spanish language study, 56 hours of technical training in entrepreneurship education and extension activities, and 46 hours of cross-cultural studies and common areas.  An additional 110 hours of non-formal self-directed activities were also carried out in technical and cross-cultural themes at the community level and 26 hours of medical and security training.

After successful completion of training, Peter Stephan was sworn in as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Nicaragua on July 29^th, 2011.