jilili

Last week, we had field based training. It was great finally got to get out of Lima and experience Peace Corps sites. I went to the department Piura (northern Peru, next to Ecuador) with four other volunteers and our trainer, Jorge. First, we visited a PC volunteer, Brian, working in the small town of Jilili. Jilili is a beautiful site in the mountains of Piura, about six hours (a VERY bumpy ride) away from Piura City. At Brian’s site, we visited the local health post, did some educational sessions in the local high school, hiked to other communities to work on a latrine project, visited some community gardens, as well as learned a lot about what its really like to be a volunteer, especially in such an isolated site. It made all of us very excited to get out into the field.