Fellow Peace Corps Volunteer Lauren recently contributed to the site The Beauty of Peace Corps, which is gathering posts from Volunteers around the world about their experiences with the concept of beauty in their host country. Read the full post about Lauren's experience in Moldova HERE. (excerpt below)
"2)WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CULTURAL BEAUTY STANDARDS AT YOUR SITE? DO YOU FIND YOURSELF TRYING TO MEET THOSE STANDARDS OR NOT?Oh, Moldova. The word in Romanian for beautiful is “Frumos” and it is the standard in all things. Gardens, houses, lesson plans, chalk boards, dresses, hair styles, shoes (especially shoes), must be frumos at all times. Some of my most challenging moments in Moldova have been trying to emphasize efficiency and achieving our educational goals when my partners value the visual aesthetic (aka frumosness) more than the learning outcome...” Full post HERE.
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Rebecca LehmanHealth Education volunteer serving at Boris Dînga Middle & High School in Criuleni, Moldova. Archives
May 2017
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