Eleanor Mammen's Page

This experience has been so wonderful, and it has taught me so many valuable lessons. Seeing everybody react to the kindess and sadness of the abuelitos and abuelitas, seeing how this short trip has affected all of us, I know that this week-long trip will change us all together. It is sad that I´m only here for one week, because I just started getting used to all this. I rteally want to go to Tanzania with CCS, so maybe I can do that someday, hopefully for a longer period of time. Also, I was th… Continue

Hey guys! Today I did some home visits with some other people who are volunteering at Los Martincetos. Home visits are when you go to the homes of some of the people who go to Los Martincetos who are living in horrible conditions, and are having a pretty tough time. It was really sad to see all those awesome people living where they are. It made me realize how lucky I am to have a proper home and enough food every single day. Also, I noticed that the people who have their family supporting them… Continue

Today was the first day of work at Los Martincitos, the awesome elderly center where I´m volunteering, along with all the other Insight volunteers. I did so much today, but the gratitude that the the people expressed was the perfect reward to all my hard work. As soon as we entered the center, before we had even introduced ourselves or met them, they7 hobbled over to us and hugged and kissed us. It was so sweet! You could totally tell that anything y0ou did to help there, even just haniging out… Continue

Right now I am in the airport in Colombia, waiting for my flight directly to Lima. My sister, my dad, and I are all wearing our shirts, but we haven´t seen any other CCS volunteers yet. I am so excited. I´ve been waiting and planning for this day for months, and now it´s finally happening!!! It is so strange to see all these familiar advertisements in Spanish, and it´s really complicated for us to get to where our plane will be when we´re speaking with people who don´t know much or any English.… Continue

Lately I've been getting tons of emails from the other volunteers who are going to be in Lima at the same time as me. They all seem so interesting, and I can't wait to meet all of them. They are from all over, and I know I will have a fun time not only learning about the Peruvian culture, but also theirs. I can't wait to meet my fellow volunteers, because they all seem so nice, and I know that they will enrichen my experience in Lima. Many of them had already gone on a trip with CCS, so I bet th… Continue