Welcome to my Blog!
In case you didn’t know, I am currently serving as a Community Health Volunteer for the Peace Corps in Peru. I’ll be here until December 2025, serving in the realm of maternal and youth health. Here are a few of the areas I’ll be working on:
- Facilitating healthy pregnancies and healthy development of children under 5;
- Working alongside community health workers to identify and treat anemia and malnutrition in children; and,
- Expanding nutrition, physical activity, and sexual and reproductive health knowledge for adolescents in schools.
This blog is a space for me to document and reflect on my service and experiences while also keeping friends and family updated on my life.
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If you’ve made it this far, thank you for reading! Hope you enjoy, and always feel free to reach out with an update. Here is my mailing address:
LUCIE RUTHERFORD
OFICINA SERPOST
CASILLA Nº64
AV. LUZURIAGA NRO 714
HUARAZ – ANCASH – PERU
COD. POST. D2001
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The Longer I’m Here, the Quicker Time Flies
Wow, long time no talk. The past couple of months have been an absolute blur. For one, I hit my 1 year mark in Peru (Sept 13). CRAZY how time flies. For the first two weeks in September, I went back to the states for Eric and Andreas’ wedding in Santa Fe, and to see…
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A Long-Awaited Visit
As promised, I would like to dedicate this post to Kim and Ken’s visit. First, I am overwhelmingly grateful that they can fully understand my life here in Pueblo Libre. While FaceTime is a blessing, there are things that just can’t be achieved through the phone: like Mom chatting with my health colleagues about the…
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Learning Quechua: The Basics, Legends, and Beliefs of Peru’s Most Common Indigenous Language
I have promised myself that my next post will be dedicated to the time spent with my parents, but right now I want to write about something that is fresh in my mind. I spent the last week in Huaraz, the regional capital of Ancash (about 2 hours from my town), studying Quechua. 4 days,…
Travel makes you modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.
– Gustavo Flaubert
