Gender Mainstreaming in the Mekong
Posted by Mia on February 8th, 2010
Xin jiao tout le monde!
Je me présente: je m’appelle Mia et je suis une étudiante de quatrième année en développement international à l’Université d’Ottawa. J’adore voyager et depuis mon secondaire, je m’implique dans des organismes de droits humains (tels qu’Amnistie internationale et Oxfam international). C’est pour ces raisons – purement égoïstes, je vous le concède [...]
Pre-departure
Posted by Cassandra on February 4th, 2010
Hello, my name is Cassandra, and I can hardly believe it. In only 2 hours I will be making my way towards the Ottawa airport, where I will be nervously awaiting the flight that just might change my life. I am going to Ghana (located on the west coast of Africa, for those of you [...]
My first week in Burkina Faso
Posted by Rebecca Tremblay on February 1st, 2010
January 23, 2010
I arrived safe and sound in Burkina Faso on the evening of Tuesday January 19th 2010. I arrived to an airport “in construction,” with a dirt floor and no electricity. We had to wait in a long, congested and hot customs line-up. When I got to my officer, there was not enough light [...]
Arriving in Botswana!
Posted by Nicole Bachynski on February 1st, 2010
January 25, 2009
I arrived to Jwaneng, Botswana last Thursday where I will be residing until the beginning of April. I was in Gaborone for a week completing orientation at WUSC and the University of Botswana. We did a variety of activities: hiking, game-drive, language lesson, history lesson, and a variety of educational workshops. I was [...]
Pre-departure post…kind of
Posted by Jan Beecher on January 29th, 2010
Hi this is my pre-departure post because I didn’t have access earlier.
My name is Jan Beecher and I am from Nanaimo, British Columbia. I landed in Hanoi, Vietnam on January 9th. I have always wanted to work in a developing country. It has always seemed that it was something I had to do to complete [...]
Placement in Malawi, Africa
Posted by Edlynne on January 29th, 2010
My name is Edlynne Venkataya and I currently attend Simon Fraser University (Vancouver, BC), completing a Bachelors of Business Administration degree, concentrating in both Accounting and Finance along with a minor in Mathematics. I have been given the opportunity to be a part of SFU International Coop by participating in my fourth coop term as [...]
Stage au Burkina
Posted by Anne Marie Niyongere on January 28th, 2010
Bonjour,
Mon nom est Anne – Marie NIYONGERE. Je suis une étudiante en 4ième année à l’Université d’Ottawa en Développement International et Mondialisation.
Maintenant que je me trouve dans ma dernière année du baccalauréat, mon intérêt pour les divers acteurs et conditions du développement ne cesse que de croître.
Dans le but d’appliquer les connaissances et théories apprises [...]
Winnipeg to Southeast Asia to Sri Lanka
Posted by Devin Morrow on January 28th, 2010
As I write this, I’m sitting in an internet cafe in Hanoi, Vietnam, sorting out last minute paperwork in all sorts of time zones to figure out who has fax machines on at 4am in Canada. I’m Devin Morrow, and I’m trying to figure out how to get to Batticaloa Town, Sri Lanka, in three weeks, [...]
Landing in Gaborone
Posted by Magali Perreault on January 28th, 2010
Dumelang ! (Which means « hi everyone » in Setswana).
With English, Setswana is the official language of Botswana.
It has been near three weeks since I have arrived in Gaborone, the capital city of the country. Locals also calls it « Gabs », which makes it kind of « homey ».
After two days [...]
Final blog…
Posted by Julie L on January 25th, 2010
I cannot believe it has already been almost five months since the end of my placement with JRS in Malawi! It seems like yesterday that I was saying goodbye to my students and colleagues, and yet the build-up to my placement last year seems like eons ago. This to say that my placement, more specifically [...]
