The Chilean fiestas patrias (independence holidays) are coming up on the 18th and 19th, which I am constantly reminded of as I pass by cueca dancers in the plaza, see the Chilean flag streaming and waving at me from window sills and telephone lines, or if nothing else the colectivos and taxis with red white… [Read more…]
September 7, 2008
I am extremely excited to announce that Scholars for Schools now has a 15 minute video describing the project. Please share this link and the news about our project! Scholars for Schools from hannah kelley on Vimeo.
August 20, 2008
My Chilean identity card was stolen from me today near my school. It was in the front pocket of my hoodie and inside of my coin purse that had about $8 in it. Somehow the card ended up back at my university, and I picked it up from the secretary of the international students office… [Read more…]
August 5, 2008
This past Sunday I went to the Naval and Maritime Museum on the Aduana side of town near C˚ Artillería with my friend Emily. It was an amazingly warm beautiful day, and since she was leaving the next day, she asked me to take advantage of the weather with her by taking a walk. We… [Read more…]
August 5, 2008
I have one essay left for my Administrative Environmental Law class and then I am done with the semester. I passed (so far) the majority of my classes with flying colors. I have picked out ten classes that I want to take for the next term. Once the semester starts I will be able to… [Read more…]
June 10, 2008
If you have been in touch with me other than through my blog, you may already know about a project I have developed with three other Rotary Scholars in Valparaíso called Scholars for Schools. In a nutshell, this project is helping to bridge the gap between public and private education in central Chile by renovating… [Read more…]
May 25, 2008
At the end of May I went to Santiago with two other Rotary Ambassadorial Scholars to visit a Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) team. True to my informative spirit, I will provide some useful information about GSE teams taken from rotary.org: What is Group Study Exchange (GSE)? The Group Study Exchange program is a unique… [Read more…]
May 18, 2008
–The official wake-Hannah-up-on-days-she-gets-to-sleep-in-street. Perhaps it is in retaliation to the student protests, maybe they felt left out of the limelight, but whatever the motive a slew of military people went blasting down the street this morning, starting at 8:30 (today is Sunday…). Nothing was left out: horns, loud drum lines, people stomping around, peanuts, stray… [Read more…]
May 10, 2008
Today I had the pleasure of attending a reunion celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Rotary Club of Valparaíso, Bellavista, which is Paul Goldberg‘s host club. The event took place on a small parcela (ranch house), in the outskirts of Quilpué. On the menú was a feast of seafood stew called curanto. I filmed the… [Read more…]
May 8, 2008
Thursday, May 8th Students from various universities marched down Calle Condell, I suppose to Parque Italia or Parque O’Higgins*, dressed in black. There were also elementary school children and high school aged youth marching in the protest. They woke me out of bed, I went to the balcony of our apartment to watch hundreds of… [Read more…]
September 15, 2008
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