Posted on February 17th, 2012
After 9 kilometers of walking up and around these windy bends, I have almost made it to the Dzaleka Refugee Camp. On the way there, there are maybe 2-3 cars that pass, the foot traffic though is crazy. There are hundreds of people on their way to work in the field, to get water, to [...]
Posted on February 9th, 2012
It is the end of the month and the refugees in the Dzaleka refugee camp are hungry. The University students in camp are attending classes for 35 hours a week, and the majority of them living on one meal a day. Although they are all trying to succeed the best they can, trying to keep [...]
Posted on January 27th, 2012
I have now been in Malawi for a little bit over a week now. The people are just amazing and the landscape of the country is un-believable; everything is green, there are so many beautiful birds, mountains and clouds. I am living in a little town called Dowa, it is about 6-7 km away from [...]
Posted on December 1st, 2011
My name is Chloé Piché I am a third year student at the University of Ottawa studding International Development and Globalization. I have lived in Chelsea, Quebec, a small town outside of Ottawa my whole life. I was very fortunate to grow up travelling from a young age to many developing countries in South East [...]
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