Wrapping Up

We've been working on our mHealth project for almost 7 or 8 weeks now, and as we are approaching the final weeks of our MHIRT internship, I'm excited to see what the final results will be. The AMOS staff recently finished administering our questionnaire to the community health workers in Nicaragua, and now the MHIRT team and I are working on the data analysis. Soon after, we'll write the final report and give a presentation on our findings. In doing so, we share the data with the Nicaraguan community, and together, we determine the next steps in implementing an mHealth intervention in Nicaragua (this is one of our CBPR approaches!!).

Also, jumping on the bandwagon, I made a Nicaraguan dish! It's called Indio Viejo, which translates to ‘old Indian’ in Spanish. According to the blog post I got the recipe from, there's actually an interesting origin story behind the name of the dish. In the post, the author writes "It is said that the name of this dish comes from the lie of an indigenous leader to two Spaniards who passed through a tribe located in Ometepe. The Europeans saw the indigenous eating and when asked what they were having, one replied that he was enjoying an old Indian... The Spaniards, in the end, decided not to try the dish. But, the truth behind this legend, is that the leader of the tribe told that lie because he did not want to share the food." Later, the author explained that the indigenous leader told this lie because he knew the Spaniards were trying to take advantage of the "hospitality of locals, whose culture demanded they provide food to all who ask for it." Whether or not this legend is true, the dish was still delicious.

I made this dish with my dad's help at his restaurant. Because I was raised vegetarian, instead of beef, we used potatoes and cottage cheese. Aside from that, no changes were made. Below is a picture of the dish, and some other food in the background.