Posted by Jesse Firempong on April 3rd, 2011
For the past week, as I near the date of my return flight home, I’ve been immersed in social justice issues as I helped to organize DITSHWANELO’s Annual Human Rights Film Festival. The Festival screened eight films, exploring issues such as child trafficking, hip-hop culture and activism, HIV, genocide and Apartheid. And for the weeks [...]
Posted by Gillian Ashton on February 18th, 2011
Although there are supposed to be accents and tones on those words it still means Happy New Year! It is now the cat.* What’s great about New Years in Vietnam is that it is not one day. No siree. It was February 2nd and people are still celebrating. We have special food every day at [...]
Posted by Kim Lafreniere on February 16th, 2011
The time has come already for my mid-mandate blog. I have reached this point like many other interns before me have felt, in super speed! I also just got back from my travels for work and will be in Lilongwe for the rest of my mandate. Travelling and exploring Malawi was a great experience I [...]
Posted by Kim Lafreniere on February 2nd, 2011
I am currently enjoying the sun on a beautiful and very hot Malawi day, but why don’t we start by how I got here? When I arrived in Lilongwe as tired as i was from being in and out of airplanes for the past 48 hrs I was excited. I was picked up at the [...]
Posted by Zoé Kavanagh on January 28th, 2011
(Suggested musical accompaniment!) Last night I was sitting in the backseat of a taxi; we were splashing through a washed-out road, the sun blazing on my right arm as I tilted myself to look out at the towering termite mound. I was on my way to the Gaborone Yacht Club—an interesting concept in Botswana, a [...]
Posted by Gillian Aitken on January 22nd, 2011
WARNING: All conclusions and assumptions documented in this blog are subject to change. To date, I’ve resided in Gaborone, Botswana for 12 days and I’m already sunburnt. My time here so far has been fun, eye-opening, challenging, and surprisingly quite relaxing. Some expectations I had of what my life here would be like have proven [...]
Posted by Gillian Ashton on January 19th, 2011
The first week in “Nam” was pretty crazy and Elyse, Adam and I were essentially in a daze for most of it with the jetlag and newness of everything. I don’t think the culture shock has really been that much of an issue for me which is strange (I was expecting to be floored by [...]
Posted by Sara Miller on December 1st, 2010
Go Siame Gaborone My hands are sweaty. I can’t help but feel impossibly awake despite over a week of little more than 5 hours of sleep per night. My right leg is shaking at an alarming speed as I sit at my desk. Every pump of my heart triggers unease in my gut. My body [...]
Posted by Jessica Wray on November 17th, 2010
Hello Again! Now that I have been in Sogakope for about 8 weeks, I have become very accustomed to life in this village. I have had quite a number of adventures since my last post and will continue in my final few weeks here. My volunteer work has picked up, and there is a [...]
Posted by Samantha Foster on November 17th, 2010
While this blog was written at about the half-way point (October 6, 2010), it is almost the end of my internship now (the lag between writing and posting is abysmal, I know). I will be updating the blog with all the events that have happened since as soon as I find the time. It seems [...]
Students Without Borders™ is a WUSC program that enables Canadian university and college students to participate in exciting, volunteer learning opportunities in South America, Africa, and Asia.
Placements are now available for Summer 2012 term.
Disclaimer - WUSC/SWB is not responsible for the content of this blog. The views and opinions expressed are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily reflect those of WUSC/SWB.
Copyright © 1998-2011 World University Service of Canada / L'Entraide universitaire mondiale du Canada
Post contents copyright © 2006-2011 by each individual author
