All in a Day's Work

Today was an awesome and productive day! We spent our entire morning at the Rincon Claro farm learning to transplant green onions and culantro in order to make it multiply. It was fun to get our hands dirty and experience the everyday life of the farmers we're working with. We returned home for a lunch of chicken and rice, then got started right away with workshops. We delivered a lesson on basic business and accounting skills so that the farmers can keep track of their earnings and expenses. We followed that with a marketing workshop about potential clients and how to present themselves. We also discussed the idea of creating brochures for a tangible marketing material, and will most likely hold a "hands-on" workshop to make a brochure for each farm. We followed our workshops with an English lesson where we all introduced ourselves ("My name is...") and a game of Pictionary with Spanish and English words. After the lessons we had a community-wide "futbol" game, which was a blast! We followed the game with a delicious Panamanian fried rice dinner. It's Rachel's birthday, so we celebrated with cake and a bonfire. And in case the cake didn't satisfy our sweet tooth, we also made s'mores as a cultural sharing activity. We had a great and fulfilling day in the community of Rincon Claro.