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![I left Haiti on Friday, spent a night in New York and have been home in Canada for a couple of days. I’m sitting at my kitchen table, listening to […]](http://nerdynomad.com/wp-content/themes/arras-theme-master/images/thumbnail.png "Reflections on my Time in Leogane, Haiti")
Reflections on my Time in Leogane, Haiti
Posted on May 25, 2010 | 24 CommentsI left Haiti on Friday, spent a night in New York and have been home in Canada for a couple of days. I’m sitting at my kitchen table, listening to […] -
Checking in Again from Haiti
Posted on April 16, 2010 | 15 CommentsWow. I’ve been bad with my updates from Haiti even though I know there are a lot of people interested in what’s going on here. Sorry! It’s easy for the […] -
How I Wrote My First Ebook
Posted on March 29, 2010 | 19 CommentsWhen I decided back in December 2009 that I wanted to write an ebook on volunteering, I really had no idea where to start. I like writing but I’m no […] -
Reporting from the Epicenter of the Haitian Earthquake
Posted on March 21, 2010 | 25 CommentsI’m sitting in Leogane, Haiti on a really good net connection in a huge concrete building sipping on a cold Coke on my day off as a volunteer with Hands […] -
The Underground Guide to International Volunteering is Finally Here!
Posted on March 15, 2010 | 23 CommentsMy ebook is done! After over three months of research, writing, re-writing, proofreading, and designing, I’m happy to announce that The Underground Guide to International Volunteering has finally been launched! […] -
So Long Sumatra, Thanks for the Fruit Shakes
Posted on February 23, 2010 | 18 CommentsI’m sitting here in Kuala Lumpur on a comfy couch in front of a giant TV showing Olympics results while surfing on a remarkably quick internet connection with a belly […] -
Following My Gut to Haiti
Posted on February 14, 2010 | 18 CommentsMy good friends here with me in Indonesia knew before I did that I would be heading to Haiti instead of Pakistan… I just didn’t believe them at the time. […] -
Disaster in Haiti
Posted on January 22, 2010 | 6 CommentsIt’s been a week since an earthquake hit Haiti, not far from the country’s capital city, Port-au-Prince. The internet stopped working here the day of the quake so I’m getting […] -
Happy Belated C-Word Day
Posted on December 26, 2009 | 14 CommentsYesterday was my second Christmas Day spent abroad while working with Hands On and it topped the one in Haiti. Of course, last year in Haiti I spent most of […] -
My International Volunteering Ebook is in the Works
Posted on December 9, 2009 | 11 CommentsI posted last week about wanting to raise $10,000 for a good cause and was bombarded with lots of encouraging comments with idea for the type of ebook I could […]